Conceived as a structuring activation, Heirs of Greatness Day is a part of the deployment of a strategic platform combining imaginative and prescient, methodology, and motion. The initiative goals to place CCIs as levers for sustainable growth, cultural sovereignty, and African gentle energy.
Held in a continental context marked by the Africa Cup of Nations and heightened worldwide consideration on the continent, the occasion affirms Casablanca as a symbolic crossroads the place creation, transmission, and international projection converge.
On the coronary heart of this activation is The Sovereign Code, the foundational methodology developed by ORUN, structured round three complementary pillars: Reminiscence, Construction, and Transmission. Serving as a real reference framework, The Sovereign Code informs all ORUN applications and seeks to rework African cultural heritage into sustainable value-creation programs which might be measurable and enduring.
Heirs of Greatness Day provides concrete expression to this system by highlighting the seven Homes of Artwork: Weaving, Foundry, Crochet, Tannery, Dyeing, Ceramics, and Tailoring. Designed as areas for transmission, experimentation, and structuring, these Homes convey collectively grasp artisans, designers, and companions round a shared ambition: to create a dialogue between ancestral know-how and up to date requirements of creativity, high quality, and duty.
On this event, Roméo Moukagny (Gabon, Senegal), Kader Diaby (Ivory Coast), Anil Padia (Kenya), Jennifer Mulli (Kenya), Henri Philippe Maidou (Central African Republic), Sonia Ahmimou (Morocco, France), and Lucette Holland (Senegal, France) introduced works and approaches embodying a rigorous imaginative and prescient of African creation, deeply rooted in native territories whereas totally oriented towards the worldwide stage.
The day’s program was designed as an immersive and narrative expertise, mixing institutional sequences, inventive installations, editorial exchanges, and symbolic moments. The night featured the presence of Her Majesty Queen Temitope Morenike Enitan-Ogunwusi, Queen of the Yoruba Individuals in Nigeria; Olivia Yacé, Miss Ivory Coast, Miss World Africa 2022, 2nd Runner-up Miss World 2022 and Miss Universe nominee; in addition to singer Singuila, all coming collectively to rejoice greatness and exemplify the dialogue between cultural heritage, up to date creation, and worldwide affect..
The Sovereign Code – Construct to outlast time
This cultural showcase displays ORUN’s dedication to anchoring Heirs of Greatness Day in a continuity that goes past a single occasion. It was additionally the event for ORUN to obtain ISO 20121 certification, testifying to its dedication to accountable and sustainable occasion administration aligned with worldwide requirements.
This sustainability coverage aligns with ORUN’s mission, The Sovereign Code (Reminiscence, Construction, Transmission), and the core values guiding its motion: Transmission, Accountability, Inclusion and Fairness, Excellence and Rigor, Native Anchoring and Lasting Influence, Integrity and Transparency. These rules construction all of ORUN’s commitments and its relationships with companions and stakeholders.
The initiative additionally benefited from important diplomatic and institutional assist, highlighting the rising recognition of cultural and artistic industries as strategic sectors in Africa’s growth trajectories. The presence of personalities from cultural, institutional, and worldwide spheres reinforces the symbolic attain and credibility of this primary version.
Lastly, Heirs of Greatness Day is a part of an formidable trajectory led by ORUN towards 2025-2030: structuring cultural sectors, constructing the capacities of designers and artisans, creating expert employment, creating native worth chains, and selling African expertise on the worldwide stage.
This primary version thus marks the place to begin of a motion set to determine a long-lasting presence within the continent’s cultural and financial ecosystem.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of ORUN, a part of African Foreign money Community (ACN).
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Caption: ORUN ART HOUSES Crochet
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Caption: ORUN ART HOUSES (1)
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Caption: ORUN ART HOUSES – Weaving
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Caption: ORUN ART HOUSES – Ceramics
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Caption: ORUN ART HOUSE- Couture
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Caption: Olivia Yacé, Miss Cote d’Ivoire & Habyba Thiero, Founder CEO of Orun
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Caption: Olivia Yacé, Miss Cote d’Ivoire – Her Regal Majesty Olori Temitope Enitan-Ogunwusi, the Queen (Olori) of the Yoruba kingdom of Ife in Nigeria – SINGUILA, Singer
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Caption: Massamba, the famend Rwandan singer, accompanied by his group Hoba Massamba
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Caption: Her Regal Majesty Olori Temitope Enitan-Ogunwusi, the Queen (Olori) of the Yoruba kingdom of Ife in Nigeria & Habyba Thiero, Founding father of Orun (1)
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Caption: Her Regal Majesty Olori Temitope Enitan-Ogunwusi, the Queen (Olori) of the Yoruba kingdom of Ife in Nigeria & Habyba Thiero, Founding father of Orun (2)
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Caption: Her Regal Majesty Olori Temitope Enitan-Ogunwusi, the Queen (Olori) of the Yoruba kingdom of Ife in Nigeria & Habyba Thiero, Founding father of Orun (3)
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Caption: Her Regal Majesty Olori Temitope Enitan-Ogunwusi, the Queen (Olori) of the Yoruba kingdom of Ife in Nigeria
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About ORUN:
Backed by African Foreign money Community (ACN) and a member of the Kigali Worldwide Monetary Centre, ORUN is a Pan-African group devoted to structuring cultural and artistic industries (CCI) as levers for sustainable growth, cultural sovereignty, and gentle energy for the African continent.
As a real strategic instrument serving African economies, ORUN is engaged in remodeling territories by showcasing the continent’s expertise and know-how. On the crossroads of creation, design, craftsmanship, and transmission, ORUN converts African professions, tales, and abilities into sustainable cultural, financial, and symbolic belongings able to producing native worth whereas partaking with strategic companions and worldwide platforms.
