Center Culturel Franco-Nigerien Jean Rouch

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A building on the premises of the Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien Jean Rouch

The Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien Jean Rouch (CCFN) is a Franco - Nigerian cultural center in the city of Niamey in Niger.

Area and offers

The area of ​​the Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien Jean Rouch is located in the centrally located Kombo district . It is part of the vallée de la culture , the “Valley of Culture” in Niamey, in which there are a number of other cultural institutions, such as the Nigerien National Museum , the Institut de Recherche en Sciences Humaines (IRSH) and the Center d'Études Linguistiques et Historiques par la Tradition Orale (CELHTO).

Bookshelf with African literature in the Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien Jean Rouch

The CCFN aims on the one hand to spread the French and French-speaking culture in the former French colony of Niger. On the other hand, the creation, public perception and professionalization of contemporary Nigerian cultural workers are to be promoted. This includes the areas of music, dance, theater, visual arts, photography, film and literature. Cultural exchange plays an important role in this. The CCFN is one of the most famous venues in Niamey and appears nationwide as a cooperation partner in various cultural activities.

The largest event location on the area of ​​the cultural center is an open-air theater that offers over 400 seats. Larger events are usually held here on the weekends, with rap concerts being among the most popular. There is also a small amphitheater with 67 seats outside , near which the CCFN cafeteria is located. The latter is a meeting point for a student and culturally interested audience.

A 150 m² exhibition hall is available at the entrance to the main building. Other interiors used for events are an auditorium with 120 seats and a number of smaller event rooms .

Media library in the Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien Jean Rouch

A central facility of the CCFN is its public media library , which is one of the most important in Niger. It extends over an area of ​​900 m² and includes around 35,000 individual works. In addition to books and magazines, electronic data carriers are stored and loaned out. In addition to French-language works, there are also works in the regional languages ​​of Niger . A fundamental focus is on non-fiction and specialist literature . As early as the 1990s, works on the topics of Africa and social sciences as well as novels were loaned out particularly often . There is a heavily frequented separate area in the media library for children and young people.

administration

The Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien Jean Rouch is a binational institution that reports to both the Nigerian Ministry of Culture and the French Foreign Ministry . It is administered by a council with equal representation and autonomously determines the budget made available by both states.

The Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien de Zinder is administratively connected to the center in Niamey, a branch in Zinder , the second largest city in Niger.

history

The creation of the vallée de la culture in Niamey around Niger's independence year 1960 goes back to the influential intellectual and politician Boubou Hama . The Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien was founded as an institution on February 9, 1963. The building complex was opened by President Hamani Diori on May 20, 1965 .

Diouldé Laya , a Nigerien sociologist and general secretary of the national UNESCO commission, set up a film school at the CCFN in the 1960s. He received support from the French filmmaker Jean Rouch , who was mainly active in Niger and after whom the cultural center was later named. The young Frenchmen Serge Moati , Gérard Delassus and Gérard de Battista took over the management of the film school . The school contributed to the heyday of Nigerien film in the 1960s and 1970s. The best-known Nigerien filmmakers who learned their trade at the CCFN include the director Oumarou Ganda and the director Mariama Hima .

A convention between the governments of France and Niger of May 27, 1977 regulated the administration of the cultural center, which received the status of a public institution under Nigerian law.

The author Abdoua Kanta was one of the founding members of a book club based in the CCFN, of which the author Harouna Coulibaly became president in 1989 . The cultural center also supported the shooting of foreign feature films in Niger, such as The Prisoners of the Desert (1990) by director Raymond Depardon and Sirga - The Lioness (1993) by director Patrick Grandperret . Under the aegis of the CCFN, a young theater company was formed that went on tour under the name Les Tréteaux du Niger and led by Achirou Wagé from 1993 onwards and was particularly successful with adaptations of Molière pieces.

The center was renovated from 2005 to 2006 and 2013. An access control lock was also installed.

literature

  • Michel Boccara: Le Center culturel franco-nigérien . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (=  Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 148-149 .
  • Aline Cirou: La Bibliothèque du CCFN In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (Ed.): Littérature nigérienne (=  Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 150-151 .

Web links

Commons : Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien Jean Rouch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Aïssata Sidikou: Hama, Boubou . In: Emmanuel K. Akyeampong , Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Eds.): Dictionary of African Biography . Volume 3: Hailu - Lyaut. Oxford University Press, New York 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5 , pp. 7-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Le Center culturel franco-nigérien Jean Rouch. Ambassade de France à Niamey, September 30, 2019, accessed on March 30, 2020 (French).
  3. ↑ a b c d Michel Boccara: Le Center culturel franco-nigérien . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (=  Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 148-149 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e Les espaces du CCFN Jean Rouch de Niamey. Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien Jean Rouch, accessed on March 30, 2020 (French).
  5. ↑ a b Jolijn Geels: Niger . Bradt, Chalfont St Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-152-8 , p. 108 .
  6. ↑ a b Médiathèque: Presentation. Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien Jean Rouch, accessed on March 30, 2020 (French).
  7. ↑ Aline Cirou: La Bibliothèque du CCFN In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (=  Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 150 .
  8. ↑ Le Center culturel franco-nigérien de Zinder. Ambassade de France à Niamey, December 26, 2019, accessed on March 30, 2020 (French).
  9. ↑ a b Andréa Paganini: Cinémas en Afrique - 2/5: Jean Rouch, CINEMAFRIQUE. (PDF) Cinémas Indépendants Parisiens, January 2013, pp. 14 and 17 , archived from the original on May 19, 2014 ; accessed on March 30, 2020 (French).
  10. ↑ Achille Kouawo: "Moi un Noir" - homage to Oumarou Ganda (Niger) . In: Catherine Ruelle (ed.): Afriques 50: Singularités d'un cinéma pluriel . L'Harmattan, Paris 2005, p. 281-284 .
  11. ^ CCFN de Niamey. Center Culturel Franco-Nigérien Jean Rouch, accessed on March 30, 2020 (French).
  12. ^ Retrospectives du cinéma nigérien: Abdoua Kanta. In: PlaneteAfrique. September 5, 2008, accessed September 4, 2019 (French).
  13. ↑ Harouna Coulibaly. In: Africultures. Retrieved March 30, 2020 (French).
  14. ↑ Chaibou Dan Inna, Ousmane Tandina: Niger . Translated by Helen Heubi. In: Don Rubin, Ousmane Diakhaté, Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh (Eds.): The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theater: Africa . 2nd Edition. Routledge, London / New York 2001, ISBN 0-415-05931-3 , pp. 213 and 216 .

Coordinates: 13 ° 30 '47.7 "  N , 2 ° 6' 27.1"  E