The friendship between Richmond and Segou remains strong.
Read issues of our newsletter, the Richmond Chiwara, in the archives.
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Ségou, Mali’s second city, holds a fabulous music festival ! For three days we sat and listened to world-famous singers like Habib Koité, Salif Keita, and the exotic Tuareg group Tinariwen, or watched local groups twist and dance and drum their way through the African dust.
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I have been working with Sister Cities International for fifteen years now. SCI is a great international civil society movement supporting friendship between peoples, promoting peace while developing educational and other activities between cities. I totally support the following statement against racism, issued by SCI.
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The problem of race in Richmond is greatly accentuated by memories of the American Civil War – rather as Ségou is still struggling with the aftermath of French colonial rule.
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Two grandmothers attending the Ségou Festival on the Niger River in Mali — on a donkey cart.
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There is a link between Richmond and the lion king — not the Disney cartoon, but the true African story of Prince Sunjata Keita, who lost his throne as a child and returned in 1235 to create the Mali Empire. Many Richmonders came from there.
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Mali’s Prime Minister came to visit Richmond, Virginia and invited the city to become Sister Cities with Segou, Mali.
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