Goree Institute
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The Goree Institute operates in peace building, development and the promotion of arts and culture in Africa
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It was established on June 25, 1992, in the wake of the historic meeting in Dakar
, July 1987, between the exile leadership of the African National Congress
(ANC) and a significant group of influential civil society representatives and researchers from South Africa
— an encounter considered to have opened the way to a negotiated settlement of the South African conflict.
The constitutional and legal environment within which the Institute has since then operated was made possible by the formal statute granted by the state of Senegal
in 1991, as an expression of its commitment to allow Goree Institute to work in the challenging but free-minded "democratic space" of an off-shore Pan-African Public Interest Organisation.
Alongside its own activities of research, training and facilitation, this Centre for Democracy, Development and Culture, has set up a section exclusively tasked with the responsibility of hosting summits, researches and artists that in their work contribute to the general ideas of Goree Institute. This section, The Teral, provides conferences and sabbatical facilities on Gorée
Island.
The Executive Director is Breyten Breytenbach
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Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
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It was established on June 25, 1992, in the wake of the historic meeting in Dakar
Dakar
Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...
, July 1987, between the exile leadership of the African National Congress
African National Congress
The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
(ANC) and a significant group of influential civil society representatives and researchers from South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
— an encounter considered to have opened the way to a negotiated settlement of the South African conflict.
The constitutional and legal environment within which the Institute has since then operated was made possible by the formal statute granted by the state of Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
in 1991, as an expression of its commitment to allow Goree Institute to work in the challenging but free-minded "democratic space" of an off-shore Pan-African Public Interest Organisation.
Alongside its own activities of research, training and facilitation, this Centre for Democracy, Development and Culture, has set up a section exclusively tasked with the responsibility of hosting summits, researches and artists that in their work contribute to the general ideas of Goree Institute. This section, The Teral, provides conferences and sabbatical facilities on Gorée
Gorée
Île de Gorée Île de Gorée Île de Gorée (i.e. "Gorée Island"; is one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement (i.e. "commune of arrondissement") of the city of Dakar, Senegal. It is a island located at sea from the main harbor of Dakar ....
Island.
The Executive Director is Breyten Breytenbach
Breyten Breytenbach
Breyten Breytenbach is a South African writer and painter with French citizenship.-Biography:Breyten Breytenbach was born in Bonnievale, Western Cape, approximately 180 km from Cape Town and 100 km from the southernmost tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas...
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