Université des Mutants (University of Mutants) is an international center of meetings and conferences on the island of

Gorée (; "Gorée Island"; ) is one of the 19 (i.e. districts) of the city of Dakar, Senegal. It is an island located at sea from the main harbour of Dakar (), famous as a destination for people interested in the Atlantic slave trade. Its populatio ...

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

, opposite Fort d'Estrées which houses the Musée historique du Sénégal.

History

The institution was founded at the initiative of

Leopold Sedar Senghor Leopold may refer to: People * Leopold (given name), including a list of people named Leopold or Léopold * Leopold (surname) Fictional characters * Leopold (''The Simpsons''), Superintendent Chalmers' assistant on ''The Simpsons'' * Leopold B ...

and the French writer and philosopher

Roger Garaudy Roger Garaudy (; 17 July 1913 – 13 June 2012) was a French philosopher, French resistance fighter and a communist author. He converted to Islam in 1982. In 1998, he was convicted for several years and fined for Holocaust denial under French law ...

.
It opened January 6, 1979 with support from UNESCO and the United Nations Programme for Development (UNDP) in addition to the initial capital of the State of Senegal and the Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT). Its creation was formalized by law 81-3 February 2, 1981.
It was dissolved by Act 2005-08 of 22 July 2005.LOI n° 2005-08 du 22 juillet 2005

Journal officiel A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...

de la

République du Sénégal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

Administration

This is a public administrative institution. Under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture, it has a Board of Directors, a Director-General (currently Massaër Diallo) and an International Scientific Council.

Objectives and activities

Its mission is "esquisser l'évolution que devrait suivre l'humanité en mutation pour assurer à tous les hommes le bien-être et la paix." Filmography Symposia, seminars and study days are organized, and each year, tens of makers will come from many countries to share their experiences and contribute to this mission

References

Bibliography

*Pascal Bekolo, « L'Université des Mutants : une utopie universaliste récupérable ? », Université de Yaoundé 1, ''Actes du colloque sur Senghor 10 janvier 2002'', 2003, pp. 75–82.

External links

*
« Négritude et Université des Mutants »
(article by

Léopold Sédar Senghor Léopold Sédar Senghor ( , , ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980. Ideologically an African socialist, Senghor was one ...

in ''

Éthiopiques ''Éthiopiques'' is a series of compact discs featuring Ethiopian singers and musicians. Many of the CDs compile songs from various singles and albums that Amha Records, Kaifa Records and Philips-Ethiopia released during the 1960s and 1970s in Et ...

'', No. 17, 1979) {{DEFAULTSORT:Universite des Mutants Culture of Senegal Organisations based in Senegal Peace organizations by country