PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN AMERICA AND WEST AFRICA

The friendship between Richmond and Segou remains strong.

Read issues of our newsletter, the Richmond Chiwara, in the archives.

AfricaElisabeth DrummJanuary 11, 2024Africa, friendship, Richmond, Sister City, Segou, Virginia, Virginia Friends of Mali, Timbuktu, Chiwara

Sunjata Lion King OpEd Richmond Times Dispatch by Dana and Robin (2012)

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.

AfricaElisabeth DrummOctober 21, 2020Mali, Sister City, Segou, Richmond, Lion King, cheick Hamala Diabate, Sunjata, Peacecorps

FESTIVAL OF THE NIGER RIVER (January 2007)

Allan Levenberg (dit Kouyateh) and Robin Edward Poulton (dit Macky Tall) led a delegation of a dozen VIRGINIA FRIENDS OF MALI to the third Segou music Festival of the Niger River February 1-4, 2007.