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Juliette Binoche and Marie-Monique Robin: “It's too late to be pessimistic”

It is evident that unless we do something about the destruction of ecosystems were likely to see more fearsome diseases like COVID19 emerge This is what investigative journalist MarieMonique Robins new book and documentary Making Pandemics are all about During a special premiere on April 22 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris The UNESCO Courier had the opportunity to talk to MarieMonique Robin and the French actress Juliette Binoche who took part in the documentary

Forest Whitaker: “Empowerment has become central to my vision of the future”

This years honorary Palme dOr award at Cannes Film Festival will be given to Forest Whitaker UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation in recognition of his filmography and his humanitarian commitments On this occasion we went down memory lane and asked Mr Whitaker about his tireless activism and charity work in the service of the community

Interview with Hugo Soares, Playing for Change Artist

Interview with Mário Gomes, Young Angolan Artist Participating in the ResiliArt/Jazz Day Exchange in Newark

Mário Gomes is an Angolan musician guitarist and songwriter He was born on November 26 1996 the youngest of three brothers in his family He started playing electric bass at the age of 10 and 2 years later decided to take up the guitar an instrument that characterizes him to this day

Interview with Fanny Bienga, Young Artist Participating in the ResiliArt/International Jazz Day Exchange in Newark

Fanny Bienga also known as Paula is an artistpainter born in Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo in 1998 and a refugee from the UNHCR in Angola She recently became the mother of a baby girl named Andrea who is now 10 months old

Interview with Esperança Miranda, Young Angolan Artist Participating in the ResiliArt/Jazz Day Exchange in Newark

Interview with Cesário Nguia Kassandeca (Evandro Kassandeca), Young Angolan Artist Participating in the ResiliArt/Jazz Day Exchange in Newark

Born in Benguela Angola in 1996 Cesário Nguia Kassandeca lives and works in Luanda He holds a degree in Visual and Plastic Arts from the Institute for Arts ISART of the University of Luanda

Youth Impact the Lives of Their Communities as Positive Agents of Change for Peace and Sustainable Development

Interview with Lucie Priscille Assongon Ela, Young Weaver of Peace

Lucie Priscille Assongon Ela is originally from the south of Cameroon in the border area She is part of the network Young People Weavers of Peace in the CrossBorder Regions of Gabon Cameroon and Chad

ResiliArt Angola

Groundwater: A remedy for water crises?

Translation: From one world to another

From Nkumba to Rumba: the Rich Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Congos

The oftenuntold story of Congolese rumba displays how resilient Africans have shown to been through adversity