Africa-Press – Liberia. The office of the Arts and Culture Ambassador invites the public to the official launching of the National “Dugbor” Arts, Cultural and Peace Festival which will take place on January 1, 2025 in the Providence Island Palaver Hut.
The event will be hosted in collaboration with the national cultural stakeholders which include the Liberia National Tourism Authority, writers, musicians, singers, writers, visual artists etc. The conference will be held from 10 am to 2:00 pm to be followed by festive performances of arts and culture which will last up to 7pm.
During the conference, there will be panel discussion on the topic, Cultural Preservation. The panelists will discuss wide range of topics relating to the promotion of Liberian arts and culture under the leadership of Ambassador Kekural Kamara.
According to the release, “The National Dugbor Cultural Peace Festival is a unifying national initiative designed to promote peace, cultural identity, tourism development, and social cohesion through Liberia’s rich artistic and cultural heritage.”
Both the conference and the cultural festival are open to the public and it is expected to draw a sizeable crowd.
This is coming at the time when there is a great deal of love and appreciation for Liberian culture by Liberians. This is also happening at the time of the launching of the Liberia National Tourism Authority.
Expected to attend the conference will be the Director General of the Liberia National Tourism Authority, Ms. Princess Eva Cooper. Ms. Coper was appointed recently by President Joseph Nyuma Boaikai to head the newly constituted Liberia National Tourism Authority.
She has a great task to perform to meet the Liberia’s tourism agenda. She will be there to share her insight on the promotion of Liberia art and culture and how the sector could boost the success of her agency.
This will be an opportunity for the Director General of LNTA to share with the conference her vision and aspiration for the entity.
From all these developments, it’s a great moment to be in Liberia. Years ago, Liberian radio stations were dominated by foreign music.
From the looks of things now, this is changing. Now a day, Liberian music is blaring from various Liberian radio station. The Liberian writers are writing more than ever before reflecting their experiences at home and abroad.
The new momentum is felt in various aspects of Liberian arts and culture. With all these developments, the conference on Liberia cultural preservation is very timely.
Though the Liberian writers are writing from diversity of perspectives today with a burgeoning literary scene, they too are expecting to propose the process through which their works will be taught in the Liberian schools.
We expect to hear this from the Liberian writers who will attend the conference and the festival.
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