A NEW AXIS OF KNOWLEDGE 3
11-14th of June 2025
The Africa Asia Conference-Festival happened for the third time and had the title „A New Axis of Knowldge“. The track “ ‚Pan-Africanims‘, ‚Bandung Spirit‘, ‚Global South‘ Futures and the New World Order‘ was dedicated to the important influence of the non-alignment movement.
I was in particular fascinated by the many lectures that outlined the strong impact that the Bandung conference had. The Bandung conference took place 70 years earlier in Indonesia, propelling South-South collaborations in education, architecture, art and culture, generating new and lasting networks of solidarity.
I was allowed to listen to outstanding international relation experts, inspiring activists, ground breaking artists, passionate scholars, brave documentary film makers who all left a deep impression on me:
Nalini E. de Sousa, Solange Chatelard, Gustavo Ciriaco, Thuy-Trang T. Nguyen, Yamini Krishna Chintamani, Idrissou Mora-Kpai, Ling Zhang, Vera Leigh Fennel, Emily Shin-Jie Lee, Mamadou Drame, Isaac Odoom, Kamila Junik and my old friend Seyram Avle, to name just a few.
Thank you to all the volunteering students of UCAD University who helped to make this gigantic conference festival happen. My thanks go in particular to the Cinè Film Club, that struggles for political justice and the right to higher education.
