LITERACY… Saving our Humanity
(Being introductory note to the LABAF 2017 programming concepts, by JAHMAN ANIKULAPO, Programme Chair of the Committee for Relevant Art, CORA, and Festival Director, LABAF)
We find ourselves living in a time where the fundamental underpinnings of democracy are being challenged and disrespected ad absurdum, as demonstrated by the current president of the United States towards a hitherto functioning judicial system. Even the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1951 Geneva Convention on refugees, and individual countries' membership of the European Union are being called into question by certain Western statesmen and women and candidates for political leadership.
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