Ubumuntu Arts Festival; launched in 2015 is back for its 3rd edition and will be held from 14th to 16th July 2017 at the amphitheater, Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre.
The event has continued to attract high quality and impressive performances from all over the world and shall feature first time appearances from Nigeria with the Chibok Girls’ story.
This year’s Festival will focus on the theme: “Art meets technology; bringing stories of home to life”.
The Festival shall provide artists the platform to incorporate elements of technology into their performances as they take us through the journey of their stories.
The festival’s organizing team is conscious of the great importance of the selected venue and picked the dates to fall at the end of the country’s 100 days of commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
All performances were carefully selected and aim at fostering dialogue and reflection to prevent crimes against humanity.
The performances range from song to theater, physical performances and dance, covering varying topics such as; inter cultural relationships, rights of women and children, power struggles, forgiveness, terrorism, post-election violence, female abductions and so much more.
This year, in recognition of the artists’ work, an entrance fee will be applicable, but shall, however, be a ‘pay as you can’ policy. This essentially means that there is no fixed fee and the audience is free to pay any amount they see fit.
Ubumuntu Arts Festival is organized by the Ubumuntu Arts Organisation, founded by members of Mashirika Performing Arts and Media Company.
