Post by Stephen on Apr 11, 2006 13:19:18 GMT -5
FARAFINA DONIA
A Survival School for Traditional African Culture in Mali
Quality
Honesty
Service
… Yaya Diallo
Farafina Donia is a non-profit organization founded by Yaya Diallo, Malian musician and author of The Healing Drum. Farafina Donia in the US supports the work of its counterpart in Mali. It is not affiliated with any religion or political movement. The Center in Mali is open to all spiritual leaders worldwide who promote harmony and peace in the world. Our main goal is to create a survival school for all the traditional cultures of Mali as well as African culture in general.
An International Network
We want to give foreigners a more positive image of Africa and Africans a more positive image of foreigners. This is not an easy task. Tourists, researchers, professionals and missionaries each have their own perspective on Africa. We welcome all foreign guests to our Center to discover the positive aspects of Mali and Africa.
Elders
We know that the old and the young do not get along any better in Africa. Our goal is to bring a new harmony between the groups to make a better future.
Stop the Ethnocide
When a doctrine or a group of individuals seeks to destroy the traditional practices of a culture, it assists in cultural extinction, or ethnocide. In traditional Africa, we transmit knowledge from generation to generation. It is sad that today some people are ashamed to speak their mother tongue in public. Some elders do not trust young people, so they refuse to teach them what they know. We seek to rehabilitate minority cultures and restore their traditions.
Prevention of Disease
The African continent is dying of HIV / AIDS. One cannot prevent blood-borne diseases without touching the traditions, lifestyles and daily practices of people in Africa. “You have to wash the dirty clothes at home.” It is the duty and responsibility of African people to study, review, identify, target and acknowledge those traditions that are dangerous to humanity today.
Participatory Action-Research
Most of the traditional musical instruments have vanished and many are disappearing along with rituals, dances and costumes. We need action and research now to stop further loss.
You Can Help
Name: ___________________________________Date: _______
Address: _____________________________________________
____ $100 $____ (any amount helps)
____ $50 Farafina Donia
1414 Techny Ln
Louisville, KY 40222
FARAFINA DONIA
AFRICAN
KNOWLEDGE
We want to give to Africa a new and positive image. Africa has something to offer to the world, and African people have the right to seek solutions to their own problems.
Our Mission
To seek ways to harmonize the past and the present for a better future.
To stop cultural extinction or ethnocide.
To give elders the right to speak and to be heard.
To look to traditions for solutions to today’s problems.
HOW CAN A SMALL
CENTER IN BAMAKO MALI
ACCOMPLISH ALL THIS?
Our answer is that we believe such societal transformation is only possible through a synergistic process that begins with a group of individuals, then extends to communities and finally alters the fabric of society as a whole.
The Farafina Donia center in Bamako, Mali will be patterned after a traditional African village, with some modern amenities. In the first phase, we need $200,000 (US) to build the center.
Your contribution helps to provide:
2.5 acre campus
20 bougou clay huts
4 performance / practice spaces
a medical clinic
special facilities for elders and youths
modern toilet / shower facilities
Farafina Donia
1414 Techny Lane
Louisville KY 40222
Phone (502) 459-0902
Website: www.farafinadonia.org
Farafina Donia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.
A Survival School for Traditional African Culture in Mali
Quality
Honesty
Service
… Yaya Diallo
Farafina Donia is a non-profit organization founded by Yaya Diallo, Malian musician and author of The Healing Drum. Farafina Donia in the US supports the work of its counterpart in Mali. It is not affiliated with any religion or political movement. The Center in Mali is open to all spiritual leaders worldwide who promote harmony and peace in the world. Our main goal is to create a survival school for all the traditional cultures of Mali as well as African culture in general.
An International Network
We want to give foreigners a more positive image of Africa and Africans a more positive image of foreigners. This is not an easy task. Tourists, researchers, professionals and missionaries each have their own perspective on Africa. We welcome all foreign guests to our Center to discover the positive aspects of Mali and Africa.
Elders
We know that the old and the young do not get along any better in Africa. Our goal is to bring a new harmony between the groups to make a better future.
Stop the Ethnocide
When a doctrine or a group of individuals seeks to destroy the traditional practices of a culture, it assists in cultural extinction, or ethnocide. In traditional Africa, we transmit knowledge from generation to generation. It is sad that today some people are ashamed to speak their mother tongue in public. Some elders do not trust young people, so they refuse to teach them what they know. We seek to rehabilitate minority cultures and restore their traditions.
Prevention of Disease
The African continent is dying of HIV / AIDS. One cannot prevent blood-borne diseases without touching the traditions, lifestyles and daily practices of people in Africa. “You have to wash the dirty clothes at home.” It is the duty and responsibility of African people to study, review, identify, target and acknowledge those traditions that are dangerous to humanity today.
Participatory Action-Research
Most of the traditional musical instruments have vanished and many are disappearing along with rituals, dances and costumes. We need action and research now to stop further loss.
You Can Help
Name: ___________________________________Date: _______
Address: _____________________________________________
____ $100 $____ (any amount helps)
____ $50 Farafina Donia
1414 Techny Ln
Louisville, KY 40222
FARAFINA DONIA
AFRICAN
KNOWLEDGE
We want to give to Africa a new and positive image. Africa has something to offer to the world, and African people have the right to seek solutions to their own problems.
Our Mission
To seek ways to harmonize the past and the present for a better future.
To stop cultural extinction or ethnocide.
To give elders the right to speak and to be heard.
To look to traditions for solutions to today’s problems.
HOW CAN A SMALL
CENTER IN BAMAKO MALI
ACCOMPLISH ALL THIS?
Our answer is that we believe such societal transformation is only possible through a synergistic process that begins with a group of individuals, then extends to communities and finally alters the fabric of society as a whole.
The Farafina Donia center in Bamako, Mali will be patterned after a traditional African village, with some modern amenities. In the first phase, we need $200,000 (US) to build the center.
Your contribution helps to provide:
2.5 acre campus
20 bougou clay huts
4 performance / practice spaces
a medical clinic
special facilities for elders and youths
modern toilet / shower facilities
Farafina Donia
1414 Techny Lane
Louisville KY 40222
Phone (502) 459-0902
Website: www.farafinadonia.org
Farafina Donia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.