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HANDS! Festival

Date
Saturday 12 June 2021
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Times are given in Central European Time
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This event will be held online

HANDS! Festival

The HANDS! Festival on African Sign Arts: Visual Vernacular, Poetry and Handicrafts is featuring the presentation of the winners of the competition of Deaf African Sign Artists. 

The deaf winners Carlos Alves, Fitsum Taffese, Susan Njeyiyana and Willy Kamugisha will show poems in sign language and other visual vernacular art forms, with the collaboration of the French deaf artist Erwan Cifra.

The HANDS! Festival is also featuring a dance performance by a Ghanaian deaf group and handicrafts produced by African deaf artists from Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and others.

Check our blog for more information about the HANDS! Festival.

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