The Amsterdam News – The Africa Center, New York, has named a high-profile new CEO who intends to also focus efforts on “connection” beyond its established artistic programming.
Martin Kimani, Kenya’s former permanent representative to the United Nations, said that connection is needed now more than ever, and he wants to help provide a sense of security for New Yorkers amid political discourse.
“To have a center that is able to build inclusive conversations, and out of those inclusive conversations spark initiatives that are to increase the autonomy, the dignity and the prosperity of Africans and people of African descent is probably more necessary now,” Kimani said. “It’s always been for some time. It’s always been necessary, but right now, it’s more urgent. There are so many wars, there’s so much conflict, there’s so much political division.”
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