Summary of the panel discussion written by Gretchen Gayle and Robin Poulton
Women War & Peace Conference 2013: VFoM with VCU, RSCC and RPEC
Read MoreThis blog is a supplement to the monthly Richmond Chiwara Newsletter, a monthly online publication of the Virginia Friends of Mali
Summary of the panel discussion written by Gretchen Gayle and Robin Poulton
Women War & Peace Conference 2013: VFoM with VCU, RSCC and RPEC
Read MoreAllan was the first Friend of Mali, and when we created the association it was Allan who volunteered to be Treasurer. And it was Allan who told us we must transform the Segou relationship into an official Sister City relationship. That was no easy task, for Richmond had no Sister City Commission at the time. It was a period Richmond did not even have a Mayor – until Douglas Wilder was elected in 2005 the first direct mayoral election.
Read MoreThe Jamestown Foundation called us. A man named Ernest Skinner was putting together a project to celebrate 400 years sine the first ships with English soldiers and settlers arrived in the lands of Powhatan, Virginia and created the Jamestown Settlement with people like John Smith and John Rolfe whose names have become famous in Virginia’s history.
Read MoreAllan 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.
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