From 8 to 27 November 2013, the French Institute in Haiti, in partnership with the Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien (MUPANAH) Mondomix and the Knowledge and Freedom Foundation (FOKAL) invites you to discover the multimedia exhibition "The Odyssey of black music".

Produced by Mondomix, French production company of reference in the field of world cultures, the multimedia exhibition "Odyssey of black music" has already been successfully presented in many countries. Created on the occasion of the 3rd World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar in December 2010, it was also presented to Saint Denis on Reunion Island and South Africa. Reduced formula, also designed by Mondomix, was then programmed in Ghana and Burkina Faso. It's this version that will be presented to MUPANAH for the first time on the American continent.

Workshops, conferences, debates, film screenings and concerts accompany the Haitian step in different sites: the National Bureau of Ethnology (BNE), the National School of Arts (ENARTS), Kay Mizik La, FOKAL at MUPANAH and IFH. The exhibition "The Odyssey of black music" will offer visitors of interactive audiovisual facilities and a dedicated projection room. It proposes a route with the big names and events of black music, classified by music genres. Archival documents will be presented in the projection room. Three big names of Haitian music will be featured in this exhibition: Toto Bissainthe, Tabou Combo and Azor.

Today, black music is global and transcends the geographical distance. Their history, their wealth and their incredible diversity, that music is a world intangible heritage, to defend and to promote to the general public. This music does not belong to one country or one region of the world, but remind everyone, the rich heritage issued of the quest for black freedom in the New World, worn by world famous names and diverse as Billie Holiday, Bob Marley, Louis Armstrong or Youssou N'Dour, to name a few. It finds particular resonance in Haiti, the first black republic in the Americas.

The "Odyssey of black music" exhibition is also an opportunity to celebrate the rich musical heritage of Haiti, where compass, root and troubadour rhythm the daily life. In this perspective, MUPANAH will present in parallel of this exhibition, an exhibition-tribute to the great icons of Haitian music: Azor, the Orchestre Septentrional, Sweet Micky, Tabou Combo, Toto Bissainthe, Tropicana...

Download the program "Odyssey of black music" : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/Calendrier-Odyssee-des-musiques-noires.pdf

HL/ HaitiLibre