{"id":67997,"date":"2023-05-17T18:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T18:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/17\/the-mansa-world-chief-moomens-play-to-launch-at-unesco-headquarters-in-paris\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T18:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T18:25:13","slug":"the-mansa-world-chief-moomens-play-to-launch-at-unesco-headquarters-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/17\/the-mansa-world-chief-moomens-play-to-launch-at-unesco-headquarters-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mansa World: Chief Moomen&#8217;s play to launch at UNESCO headquarters in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Bambu Heritage Productions, producers of acclaimed Ghanaian historical theatre project <em>WogbeJeke<\/em>, is set to launch its latest initiate,<em> The Mansa World,<\/em> at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The launch is slated for May 25, 2023 during the Africa Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>The launch will feature a grand theatrical performance as a preview to <em>The Mansa World <\/em>with a team 60 cast and crew from Ghana led by Chief Moomen, the creative visionary of the project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MansaWorld_production-994-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Mansa World: Chief Moomen's play to launch at UNESCO headquarters in Paris\" class=\"wp-image-10032309798 lazy\"  data- title=\"The Mansa World: Chief Moomen's play to launch at UNESCO headquarters in Paris\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Mansa World<\/em> is an initiative that is curating African history and heritage in a variety of exciting content on an unprecedented scale for global audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The first in the content being produced is a spectacular 3-part epic theatrical production \u2014 with an extraordinary cast of 500\u2014that highlights the fascination story of Mansa Musa, king of the ancient empire of Mali, within the historical context of the West African empires of Ghana, Mali, Songhai.<\/p>\n<p>The launch is part of a series of engagements ahead of an official partnership between UNESCO and Bambu Heritage Productions for the promotion of The General History of Africa; UNESCO\u2019s groundbreaking flagship programme on African history.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IG-square-1080x1080-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Mansa World: Chief Moomen's play to launch at UNESCO headquarters in Paris\" class=\"wp-image-10032309808 lazy\" width=\"856\" height=\"856\"  data- title=\"The Mansa World: Chief Moomen's play to launch at UNESCO headquarters in Paris\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Present at the launch will be senior UNESCO officials such as the Assistant Director-General for Education, Ms. Stephania Giannini; the Assistant Director-General for Priority Africa and External Relations, Mr. Firmin Edouard Matoko; various ambassadors, and delegations of member states. A delegation from Ghana led by a senior state official is also set to attend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bambu Heritage Productions, producers of acclaimed Ghanaian historical theatre project WogbeJeke, is set to launch its latest initiate, The Mansa World, at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The launch is slated for May 25, 2023 during the Africa Day celebrations. 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