As part of his visit to Geneva for a fortnight of meetings and exchanges around the book and play "Traces, discourses to African nations" organised by the Licra Geneva, the MEG is honoured to welcome Felwine Sarr, economist, philosopher and author, on 5 April 2022.

Through his perspective and expertise as an economist, philosopher and author, Felwine Sarr will resonate with the environmental and societal issues addressed in the temporary exhibition "Environmental Injustice - Indigenous Alternatives". An itinerant visit that will allow visitors to (re)discover the exhibition from a new angle.

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Speakers :

Felwine Sarr : Economist, philosopher, poet, musician, playwright, author, he is a free thinker and one of the great intellectuals of his generation. Questioning the existing political and economic models, he is convinced that the African continent can be a driving force in the world, provided that it completes its decolonisation and proposes a new civilisation project. Since 2020, he has been teaching contemporary and diasporic African philosophy at Duke University in North Carolina. In 2020, the Times listed Mr. Sarr among the 100 most influential people in the world in the "Pioneer" category. Co-author with Benedicte Savoy of a world-renowned report on the restitution of African heritage "Restituer le patrimoine Africain" (Seuil, 2019), he has just published his latest book "Traces. Discourses to African Nations (Actes sud papiers, 2021).

Julie Dorner : Cultural and scientific mediator at MEG.

This day is organised by the MEG in co-production with the Licra-Geneva and in partnership with the Payot bookshop.

These events are supported by the Service de lutte contre le racisme, the Republic and Canton of Geneva (Cantonal Integration Programme), the City of Geneva (Department of Finance, Environment and Housing; Department of Social Cohesion; Agenda 21 Service), the Leenaards Foundation, Fonds culturel Sud. In co-production with the University of Geneva and in partnership with La librairie Payot.