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Casa África will be the venue for the main events of this international meeting, organised by a joint venture between the Farrah Foundation and Looking for Development, to be undertaken in Gran Canaria.
The 2012 edition of SILA will have Morocco as guest country and will be held from the 11th to 21st December 2012 following a comprehensive programme of activities forged with the conviction that SILA should be an opportunity for making African voices heard and words count in Africa. The planned programme (which can be downloaded here in PDF) is basically arranged in three sections:
Casa África will also take on the costs for the exhibition rights of the African film exhibition which will be screened as part of the Moroccan Film Week that SILA organises from the 11th to the 15th December at the Multicines Monopol of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria under the heading "SILA in Images and Tastes", introduced by the film critic Abdelatif El Bazi (Morocco).
The titles that can be seen during this exhibition are:
We should highlight that the feature film Sur la Planche (Morocco, France, Germany), from the director Leila Kilani was awarded the 'Griot for best female Interpretation' at the African Film Festival of Córdoba 2012, as well as a special mention by SIGNIS. The film's leading actress, Soufia Issami, obtained the prize "for the honesty and intensity in playing her character." On the other hand, the feature film A Jamaâ, won the ' Clay Griot for the best feature film (a prize sponsored by Casa África) at the African Film Festival of Córdoba 2011.
Casa África also takes advantage of the SILA framework to hold what will be the fourth edition of its librarianship meeting and as part of this a new edition of African Letters will be held, a programme that has been undertaken by Casa África since 2009 and that has allowed a presence in Spain of the principal voices of African literature. On this occasion, it will be attended by the writer from Mali Moussa Konaté.
Related news: 11/12/2012 the International African Book Fair is inaugurated in Casa África. During five days, Casa África will be host to the activities of the fourth edition of SILA.
More information on Casa África's Portal Kuwamba