Virginia Friends of Mali is organizing the Friday night dinner + concert + dancing for the 200 attendees of the Africa Business Conference . Featuring the music of Papa Susso (kora) Video from 2012 performance at Creighton University Video from concert in Medallin Colombia, Suso with an Afro Columbian poet Balla Kouyate (balafon) Balla Kouyate - Homegrown Museum series, DC, Folklife Festival. About the Conference Virginia Commonwealth University will host the eighth annual Conference on Business and Entrepreneurship in Africa, which will bring together academic researchers, business professionals and government officials from around the world. The conference, “ The Big Emerging Continent: The Rise of Africa – Challenges and Opportunities ,” is sponsored by the Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society and the Center for International Business Advancement in the VCU School of Business . It will be held Oct. 4-7. Through paper presentations, panel...
VIRGINIA FRIENDS OF MALI creates and promotes educational and cultural pathways to understanding and cooperation between the peoples of the West African nation of Mali and the state of Virginia, USA. LES AMIS DU MALI EN VIRGINIE crée et promeut des voies éducatives et culturelles favorisant la compréhension et la coopération entre les peuples du Mali, pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest, et de l'État de Virginie, USA.