Namibia: Finnish Artists Converge on Namibia

Namibia: Finnish Artists Converge on Namibia

New Era (Windhoek)

24 May 2007
Posted to the web 24 May 2007Frederick Philander
Windhoek

A five-member Finnish deaf-arts delegation on Wednesday arrived in the country to engage their counterparts in a cultural exchange programme with the National Association of Deaf.

"During the next few weeks the Finnish artists will conduct workshops in rap-music, dance, theatre and drama with similar Namibian artists in the capital," said the Charge de Affaires, Seija Kinni-Huttunen in a press release.

The visiting artists include: Marita Barber-Saunamaki and Maija Koivsto, two theatre and drama artists, Juho Saarinen, a dancer and Marko Vuoriheimo, a rap-artist.

For the next few weeks the visitors will work in close cooperation with Namibian deaf artists as can be seen on the photo with on the foreground the Charge de Affaires, Seija Kinni-Huttunen.