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International programme 2018-2019 Sharing Knowledge for Peace www.ishango-milele.com
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Sharing Knowledge for Peace
www.ishango-milele.com
« Access to Culture.
A political issue.
Education is the most powerful
weapon you can use
to change the world »
Nelson MANDELA
image : Greg Bartley
s u m m a r y02 - Words of the founder
03 - Robin DIMAGGIO, CEO-USA
04 - Jean-Viktor NKOLO, United Nations
05 - Our Mission
06 - Jean BOFANE
07 - Our symbol and banner
09 - Barbara HENDRICKS
11 to 13 - Implementing the Mission
15 - Our Organization
16 - Claudie HAIGNERE
17 to 18 - Our International Program
19 - Dirk BROSSÉ
20 to 21 - Our International Program
22 - KODY
23 - MIX MUSIC International Project
24 - Augustin NDIMUBANZY
30 - Ishango Bone Hypotheses
31 - HE2B
33 - Science and Technology Week DRCongo
34 - Past actions
© Jean-François CASTEL
Iam thinking about the artist Dieudonné Kabongo. This man is related to ISHANGO MILELEs origins, Sharing Knowledge for peace. In 1999, he was one of the first to introduce me to the Ishango stick, an exceptional object which is today at the heartof our mission. Six years after his violent death on stage, Dieudonné is still visiting me,
almost every day. He is truly an inspiring source, allowing us to keep enthusiasm andmotivation for the ISHANGO MILELE’s mission.
I must admit that this is not easy every day; and sometimes my motivation and my energy weaken.
Without this “visit”, I would probably have dropped my “pilgrim stick”. The journey is longand demanding, requiring courage and tenacity. Despite everything, with these twoyears of commitment, I have noticed that our message sharing knowledge for peaceis obvious everywhere in the world.
In June of 2015, ISHANGO MILELE presented its program at the United Nations in NewYork. This presentation raised the awareness of international individuals; such as JeanVictor Nkolo, the spokesman of the 64th and 65th UNO’s assemblies and the musician/director Robin Dimaggio (musical director of the PGA gala at the 67th, 68th and 69thgeneral assembly of the UNO). Thus we do use our energy by appealing the private sector and the institutional one for support.
After some weeks, we came to the conclusion that we need means to achieve our projects, even if the enthusiasm created by the wealth of our program is tangible.
We are questioning: “why financial are supports weak whereas our moral support isstrong and everywhere in the world?” These facts lead me to express all my recognitionto some Ambassadors, scientists, artists, humanists, companies’ directors and politiciansthat are supporting us. Thanks to them and without discouragement, ISHANGO MILELE’ssmall team goes on and uses its talents and persuasion to spread its message SharingKnowledge for Peace around us and abroad.
Is it the "utopian" connotation, that leads humans to break off the link between emotionsand actions? I am convinced that UTOPIA is needed to counter balance bad news.Aware of this reality, Ishango Milele team does promise you perseverance and abnegation: the document you are holding right now is a proof of our good faith. It isour role to make everything we can so that tomorrow… YOU WILL BE READY!
Pascal NOELFounder & President
Words f rom the founde r
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AWARD USA PRODUCER 2017Musician and producer from Los Angeles. References : Steve Vai, PaulSimon, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, DonFelder (Eagles), David Bowie, Prince,Jackson Browne, Tupac, Dr. Dre, DaftPunk, Johnny Cash, Chris Isaak, RaviShankar, Tracy Chapman, amongothers...
Music Director for the United Nations and Unicef in New-York.
«During the presentation of
the «ISHANGO MILELE»’s
program at the United Nations,
I felt instantly touched by the
trueness of the message «Sharing know-
ledge for peace». The Ishango bone's
symbolic strength, which is the banner of
the African scientific culture for peace
helped me to realize that it was my duty
to get involved and use my abilities and
my contacts in order to encourage the
recognition of «ISHANGO MILELE» ’s
program in the USA. We must act as fast
as possible, without losing time; an
emergency that I’ve already shared with
Quincy Jones, Morgan Freeman, Stevie
Wonder and many others who recognize
how important it is that our Peace
program be addressed to future genera-
tions. It is time to act, Now... !
Robin DIMAGGIOISHANGO MILELE CEO - USA
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Ishango Milele». It's a matter of urgency. Peaceful co-
existence is in jeopardy. Every day, the news shows us
acts of unbearable violence, based on the withdrawal
of information, intolerance and ignorance. Today, following
my meeting with a team of enthusiastic and motivated peo-
ple, an international operation has been launched for the
promotion of knowledge of basic sciences among young
people. It concerns «Ishango Milele», a long-term pro-
gramme, designed to promote sciences, from generation to
generation, and lay the foundations for the peace of tomor-
row. To illustrate its philosophy, «Ishango Milele» uses the
Ishango Bone as a symbol and banner. This small bone, yes,
this 25,000-year-old bone, you heard correctly: 25,000
years old, was found in Central Africa, more precisely in
the Democratic Republic of Congo. This bone is considered
to be the first record of mathematics in history. Today,
«Ishango Milele» creates a programme based on education,
scientific research, history, space, artistic creation and the
recognition of the values of the Ishango Bone. Major inter-
national figures in science, art, research (including the spa-
tial domain) as well as the political world, support Ishango
Milele. As a citizen of the world, I had no other option but
to support this programme. The peace of tomorrow can only
be built on the sharing of knowledge, tolerance and recon-
ciliation. It is why I have the privilege of addressing you
today. «Ishango Milele» needs you, to connect with this
programme in a very simple way: embrace the offers that
have been presented to you here with enthusiasm. Though
perhaps a daunting task, it is useful and rewarding. The
Ishango Bone, the programme's emblem, also has the pri-
vilege to positively represent an African continent that is
all too often branded with a negative image. A symbol from
a developing country, and the origin of human knowledge,
perfectly summarises the philosophy of the «Ishango Mi-
lele» programme. Hoping to have aroused your enthusiasm
and awakened your motivation to participate in the Ishango
Milele programme, I thank you for the particular attention
you give this speech and I offer you, on behalf of the United
Nations in New York, my heartfelt regards.
Jean V i c t o r NKOLOUSA - Spokesperson United Nations, 64-65th assembly.
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The Ishango Milele Foundation encourages and stimulates
youth awareness and understanding of the importance of
science and technology as a force for harmony and
progress. It does this by celebrating the achievements and
creative endeavours of Africa in science, technology and
the arts. It builds awareness of Africa and its place in the modern
world, based on its contribution to progress throughout the ages as
well as on the genius and creativity of its people today.
The story starts with the Ishango Bone, an archaeological artefact
discovered in central Africa in 1950. Considered the oldest
mathematical object found anywhere in the world, it is evidence of
the existence of a complex sophisticated civilisation twenty-two
thousand years ago on the border between modern day
Congo and Uganda. The people of Ishango invented a
number system and basic mathematical tools to help
them carry out complex calculations, perhaps for
building, surveying and collecting taxes. Twenty-two
thousand years later the whole of humanity
continues to build upon such early
abstractions to provide itself with tools that
are essential for all aspects of life on
earth, tools that will one day help us to
move between and live among the
planets and the stars.
The foundation derives its name from the Ishango bone, which
symbolises the humanitarian ideal of sharing knowledge for peace.
This artefact provides a starting point for telling the story of African
invention and creativity, from the time of the Ishango people up
to the present day, and into the future based on international
cooperation in science, education, culture and the arts.
With the authorization of
Our m i s s i on
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«A beautiful humanist program, and his origin
give me a great motivation for my support...»
Cultural & Educational actions in Africa. Aware-
ness raising for basic sciences with the youth and
«Sharing Knowledgefor Peace» message. A new
Africa view by its intellectual property. In harmony with
the concerned ministeries, Ishango Milele bears the ambi-
tion to introduce the ISHANGO BONE in educational pro-
grams in Africa and most peculiarly in CDR. Concretely,
initiatives will be taken with cultural providers in order to
encourage the artists to create around the emerging topics
brought up by the ISHANGO BONE (writing, radio, co-
mics, animations, exhibitions,…).world premiere in 2019.
J e a n B O F A N EDRCongo - Author - Grand Prix» of BlackAfrica, Award SCAM 2009.
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Among the millions of objects discovered at
Ishango by Jean de Heinzelin’s team, some are
more interesting than others. One in
particular has been in the spotlight and
become a star of African archaeology-
the carved Ishango bone.
It is known as ‘the Ishango Bone’. It is an objectmade from a piece of quartz and a bonehandle. Its structure alone makes it a remarka-ble object, as there are very few surviving pre-historic composite tools. The very fine quartz at one end could havebeen used for precise work, such as the ritual scarification of skin, for example. The bone handle has been narrowed, scra-ped, polished and engraved, so we can nolonger tell what kind of bone it is, although wedo know it belonged to a mammal.
What is so interesting about it?The Ishango Bone’s handle is its claim to fame,because the decoration has been raisingquestions about its possi ble meaning since itsdiscovery. The handle is carved with 168 pa-rallel marks. These lines are positioned ingroups of parallel lines split into columns onthree sides of the handle.
Interesting isn’t it? Especially when you keep inmind that it’s 25,000 years old…If one day one of the mathematical hypotheses isconfir med, it means that Palaeolithic humans alreadyhad a well-developed understanding of mathematics.This raises yet more questions: what did they use it for?Why did they mix several calculation bases? Was thisknowledge shared among all of them? Was it used byfishermen?
Even today, the Ishango site still has not revealed allof its secrets; the Semliki Valley still hides other prehis-toric sites. This region of Africa has been inhabited byHomo sapiens sapiens for at least 100,000 years.
We still lack a lot of information to truly understandthe ancient Ishangoans’ lifestyle, settlement andway of thinking.
Therefore, sooner or later, archaeologists must returnto the banks of Lake Edward to complete the puzzlethat was started in the fifties. No doubt, the missing pieces are still hidden in theground…
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Scientific sources :v Africa Museum (Tervueren).
v Royal Belgian Institute ofNatural Sciences.
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«I’m very happy to give you my «YES» for myparticipation to this Oratorio...»
ISHANGO MILELE Oratorio, , a concert-show and itsdigital capture. ISHANGO MILELE will bring thevalues of the Ishango bone to an international level
and its capture will allow us to convey the message throughseveral medias. (TV broadcast, DVD, documentary, web,...). The richness of the Oratorio becomes audible in thevoices of the Symphonic Choir who gets carried away atthe whim of African rhythms. It reminds us of the long cul-tural relationship between the two continents: Africa andEurope. The blending of these two existing cultures intoclassic, jazz and world music is the foundation of this pro-ject. BOZAR - Brussels must host this great show for itsworld premiere in 2019.
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Barbara HENDRICKSUSA - International Mezzo-Soprano. UniversityDegree in Mathematics and Chemistry
The Getty CenterLos Angeles
US PREMIERE of the ISHANGO MILELE Oratorio
www.getty.edu
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The DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” Travelling Exhibition: A moveable exhibitionand educational resource aimed at the general public, students, parents andteachers. The exposition invites exploration of Africa as a continent, it’s history and its contribution to humanity, it’s talent and creativity, our
relationship with Africa in the world at present and in the future. It also invitesexploration of mathematics, the role of mathematics in communication and
commerce, business and leisure and how this will evolve in our shared future. Mon Village, a non-profit association led by Chantal HEMERIJCKX is already playing a key role inbringing this to schools and libraries in Ixelles.
INNOVATION in Education: This program is inspired by the activities of HE2B in Belgiumand the activities of the Next Einstein Forum in Africa. The focus is on innovation in methodsof teaching, new models for student-teacher interaction, the use of tools such as MOOCs. Important elements of this program include the work of MANDJI to improve literacy skills basedon the use of music and French song led by Nicole LETUPPE and the activities of HE2B withCLISE the International Forum on the “flipped classroom.”
Student and Teacher EXCHANGE: Although we are still at the idea stage, the ambition is todevelop durable exchange programs involving students and teachers to enable the widespreadadoption of innovations in teaching, breaking down barriers between mathematics, music, languageand creative expression.
The goal is preparing young people for a life filled with different kinds of collaboration with peopleand with machines, across continents, using tools that rely on algorithms, AI and automation, ina world powered by mathematics, a story that started with the Ishango Bone 25.000 year ago.
Promote Study of Early African Civilisation: This includes participation inworkshops and conferences to study the Ishango Bone and similar artefacts,to better understand the civilisation that produced it and the context in whichit was used.
Participation in Science and Technology Events: The involves the organisationof events in scientific spaces to inform the public of the role of Africa in the development
of science and technology through the ages and up to the present day. These outreach initiatives include participation in the annual Festival of the Iris in Brussels, the Annual Science and Technology Week of the DRCongo held in Kinshasa and Goma, major events of the Next Einstein Forum and events organized with European Space Agency, for example at the EuroSpace Centre in Belgium.
The Oath of Ishango: An initiative led by Raïssa MALU, a physicist from the DRCongo andAmbassador of the Next Einstein Forum and Ishango Milele Foundation, and Vladimir PLETZER, Belgian Astronaut Candidate, Microgravity and Parabolic Flight Expert, at Center of
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To realize the mission the foundation has three programs of activities
EDUCATIONNAL PROGRAM
SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGYPROGRAM
B E L G I U M 2 0 1 9 - U S A 2 0 2 0
Unde r t h e h i g h pa t r o nage o f
B e l g o - A m e r i c a n p r o d u c t i o n
BELGIUM2019BOZAR F USA2020THE GETTY CENTER
ISHANGO MILELE ORATORIO«Sharing Knowledge for Peace»
with International Artists from Africa, America, Asia, Europe.
I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n c e r t - S h o w w i t h i t s d i g i t a l r e c o r d i n g f o r i n t e r n a t i o n a l v i s i b i l i t y .
To promote sciences with African Culture
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CAV & mA Choir - Namur
royal Burundi Drums
ishango milele Choir
BOZAr - Brussels
European Union Choir
The Getty Center - Los Angeles
Space Utilization and previously ESA. This is intended to develop dialogue on ethics in scienceand technology, it’s role in the development of Africa as an international hub for research, and itsrole in society as a tool that helps scientists and entrepreneurs, teachers and citizens operationalizethe values inherent in sharing knowledge for peace.
Our ambition for the future includes work on the history of science in Africa and the publicationof works on the movements and personalities that have advanced humanity on the basis of theircontribution to education, religion, politics, the sciences and technology, the arts and culture, inthe past and up to the present day.
Ishango Milele ORATORIO: A major choral work in several movements composed by Daniel SCHELL. The world première takes place at theBOZAR in Brussels in late 2019. The US première takes place at the GettyCentre in Los Angeles in early 2020.
REQUIEM for Rwanda: A major orchestral work composed by Pierre BARTHOLOMEE to commemorate the victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Mutual respect and appreciation among people is best developed on the basis of collaboration ineducation, science, technology and culture. A CAV&MA organization.
ODYSSEY of Ishango: A work for small orchestra telling the story of the Ishango Bone startingin Central Africa and travelling into space.
International DJ MIX Project: A series of works by international DJs aimed at internationalyouth, telling them about Ishango and the value of sharing knowledge for peace.
Renaud PATIGNY MUSIC PROJECT: A personal interpretation of the Ishango Bone and itssignificance for humanity, by Belgian’s greatest artist working with the Blues and Boogie Woogie,music of African origin.
WALLAfrica Festival: A recurring week-long festival of African education, science and technology, culture, performing arts and public happenings organised with CAV&MA of Namurto start in 2019.
GOMA CULTURAL CENTER: A project under taken in collaboration with UYADP under theleadership of Augustin NDIMUBANZI, Ishango Milele Foundation CEO for DRCongo.
The program includes a wide range of ad-hoc events involving African artists and performers. Theinitial focus is on telling the story of the Ishango Bone. But there are many other stories to tell.Not just about the past but about the present and the future. It is the ambition of the foundation forsubsequent years, to find those stories, take part in their telling and make sure they are heard bythe widest public possible.
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CULTURAL PROGRAM
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ISHANGO MILELE «Sharing Knowledge for Peace»recognized as a solution for tomorrow by DEmAiN The movie.
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OURACTIONS
ACTIONS INCOLLABORATION
PARTNERSORGANIZATIONS
ISHANGO MILELESciencesEducationCulture
«Ishango Milele» is an associative structure, serving the symbolicIshango and its values, and uniting the actions of many culturaland scientific associations, with the view of sharing knowledgeand human values globally, for peace to prevail. The aim of«Ishango Milele» is to send strong signals, transcending the cur-
rent cacophony of corruption and to highlight the many existing andon-going initiatives. To this end, "Ishango Milele» organises events andmeetings, communicating the initiatives to all the stakeholders involvedin this progress, using Ishango's name in all its components.
«Ishango Milele» is the incubator of many initiatives, with several part-ners in France, Mali, Latvia, Greece, the USA and the DRC, and isconcerned with ensuring that theattention of the authorities, the pu-blic and the stakeholders does notwane, so that the «Sharing of Know-ledge for Peace» can progress in-definitely.
The iSHANGO miLELE Foundation is a division ofSOLiDUS Unit, a non-profit organisation and of CLANiC, the largest network of professional
education providers in Belgium bringing together 120 non-profit organisations, 12 international asso-ciations, 12 private and 3 public foundations.https://clanic.org
«ISHANGO MILELE» is
part of SOLIDUS UNIT, an
association whose goal is to
put citizen’s actions into
motion, and help people with social and
professional difficulties. SOLIDUS UNIT’s
philosophy is used with responsibility and
purpose of equity between the worker and
the consumer.
Organizations:Gorilla OrganizationJohn Martin’s HôtelsCAV&MACKA sprlTi Suka asblMandji asblLaïka asblMon Village asblClap Culture asblProsonix sprlClanic
Our o rgan i za t i on
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«In schools and Cultural Centers, awareness raising is
done for basic sciences with the youth and «Sharing
Knowledgefor Peace» message. The «ISHANGO
BONE» is the heart of our program in being able to com-
municate these following fundamental messages: Past, pre-
sent and future are inseparable – The duty of remembrance
for the safeguard of the heritage. – The need for Basic
sciences - Theacknowledging of Africa by scientific intel-
ligence. «ISHANGO MILELE» is creating a program of
actions oriented towards education, scientific research, His-
tory, space, artistic production and the acknowledgment of
the values of the Ishango bone. Major international figures
in science, art, research (including space research) and po-
litics are supporting «ISHANGO MILELE».
C laud ie HA IGNEREFrance - ESA (European Space Agency) Spa-tiales missions : Soyouz TM-32, TM-23, TM-33& TM-24. French Ex-Minister of Sciences andResearch
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PROGRAMME
GENERAL TOPICDIGITAL IS «AFRICA» DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” a thematicexhibition based on the "IshangoBone." The original artefact is exhibi-ted at the Royal Museum of Natural
Sciences in Brussels. The expo, developed byPatrick CREHAN and Pascal NOEL of theIshango Milele Foundation is based on thework of researchers at the Royal Museum ofNatural Sciences in Brussels and that of highprofile scientific personalities such as DirkHUYLEBROUCK mathematician and Vladi-mir PLETSER a physicist-astronaut workingfor the European Space Agency and ambassa-dor for the Ishango Miele Foundation.
2018 January 29 to February 4The CLISE International Forum on the ‘flipped classroom’ (BE)Venue: The Henri Spaak School, Nivelles, where theISHANGO MILELE Foundation will present its mis-sion and explore opportunities for the developing ini-tiatives to support educational innovation in Africa.
2018 March 5PRESS CONFERENCE and Cocktail (B)Venue: The Belgian Science Policy Office(BELSPO)
10.30 to 13.30: The Ishango Milele Foundat-ion and its partners present their plans for thecomingtwo years to a range of journalists and otherstakeholders.
2018 March 7Concert with the TOUBAB Orchestra and theAfro-Jazz-Tropic Quartet (B)Venue: KUUMBA, the Flemish ‘House of Africa’ at78 Chaussée de Wavre, Brussels.
20.30: The Ishango Milele Foundation presentsits program followed by a concert with Afro-Jazz-Tropic quartet.
2018 March 14DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” workshop (B), organizedby the HE2B institute in collaboration withCREM, the Center for Research on the Teaching ofMathematics.Venue: HE2B School, Nivelles.
2018 April 10 to 14Science and Technology Week in the DRCongounder the direction of Augustin Ndimubanzi, CEO ofthe Ishango Milele Foundation in the DRC. The par-
ticipation of the Foundation in this fifth edition ofScience and Technology Week includes a series ofconferences and workshops based on the DIGITALIS “AFRICA” exhibition and “Oath of Ishango”initiatives involving the Next Einstein Forum and thenon-profit organization “Investing in People.” It in-cludes a scientific workshop on questions related tothe origin, purpose and meaning of the “IshangoBone,” involving African scientists and attended byVladimir PLETSER, good-will ambassador of theIshango Milele Foundation and physicist-astronautfrom the European Space Agency.Venue: Kinshasa and Goma in the Democratic Repu-blic of Congo.
2018 April (dates to be confirmed)DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” workshop (B), organizedby the HE2B institute in collaboration withCREM, the Center for Research on the Teaching ofMathematics, with the support and collaboration ofBELSPO and Royal Belgian Institute of NaturalSciences. Venue: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences,Brussels.
2018 May 6 Festival of the IRIS in Brussels (B). This festival is organized by INNOVIRIS and the Ishango MileleFoundation will contribute with its DIGITAL IS“AFRICA” expo and a concert performance of the“Ishango Odyssey.” Venue: The Scientific Village at Brussels Park
2018 September or October (dates to beconfirmed)ISHANGO MILELE DAYS (B) a four day DIGI-TAL IS “AFRICA” exhibition with private viewingsand events attended by good-will ambassadors DirkBROSSE (NL) and KODY (FR), followed by 3weeks of free viewing open to the public. Venue: KUUMBA, the Flemish Africa House, 78Chaussée de Wavre, Brussels
DAY ONE: All day until 18:00, a private gala vie-wing of the DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” exhibition
18.00 to 19.00: Presentation of the mission of theIshango Milele Foundation19.00 to 20.30: The “Odyssey of Ishango”concert featuring Pascaline MEVANZA a great mezzo-soprano from the DRCongo, accompanied by Fabrice ALLEMAN on the Sax, Marco LOCUR-CIO on Guitar, Midi and Cello, Jacques PILI onBass as well as African percussionists and voices.
DAY TWO: The DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” Galaevent
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(c) Luk Monsaert
D i r k B R O S S ÉBELGIUM - Music Director of «TheChamber Orchestra of Philadelphia»,Music Director of the FilmfestivalGhent, Music Director and principalconductor of the «Star Wars in ConcertWorld Tour», Conductor of the BrusselsPhilharmonic, the Royal Flemish Phil-harmonic, the Orchestra of the FlemishOpera and the National Orchestra ofBelgium.
ISHANGO MILELE Ambassadorand ISHANGO MILELE OratorioConductor.
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PROGRAMME
19.00: Talk by Dirk HUYLEBROUCK (Mathe-matician) and Vladimir PLETSER (Physician)20.30: Concert with the Toubab Orchestra and the Afro-Jazz-Tropic quartet 22.00: Cocktail Reception
DAY THREE: The DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” Galaevent
18.00: Dinner with African Food and presentationof the mission of the Ishango Milele Foundation 21.00: The Ishango Milele International Mix-House project with DJ Lilo, DJ Cosmic andRobin DiMaggio for an Afro-Soul Dance Partyand Arts Performance with 2 young African painters.
DAY FOUR: The DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” Galaevent
19:00: Ishango Milele Days Report20:30: Jam Session
2018 September (dates to be confir-med)The DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” Exhibition and Acti-vities (B)Venue: HE2B School in Nivelles, in collaborationwith the HE2B and the Center for Research on theTeaching of Mathematics (CREM). Workshop forMathematics and Science innovative education pro-gram in school.
2018 October 13 and 14Live studio-concert and recording (B). Recorded by DADA and co-produced with IshangoMilele Editions. A series of 3 private Ishango Odyssey concerts featuring Pascaline MEVANZA,the highly acclaimed Congolese mezzo-soprano, Fa-brice ALLEMAN on Sax, Marco LOCURCIO onguitar, midi and cello with the ISHANGO MILELEchoir and percussionists.Venue: DADA Studio (www.dada.be)
2018 October 27 to 28 ISHANGO MILELE DAYS (B) featuring the DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” exhibition and an event-exhibition of African Contemporary Art, along withconferences and concert performances of theIshango Odyssey and the TOUBAB Orchestra andthe French community choir from Namur. A copro-duction involving CAV&MA of Namur, John MAR-TIN’s SA and Ishango Milele Foundation.Venue: Martin’s Château du Lac in Genval.
2018 November (dates to be confirmed)Scientific Workshop on the “Ishango Bone” (B) Organized by the HE2B with the CREM, the NextEinstein Forum and the DRCongo Annual Scienceand Technology Week, with the support of BELSPO
as host-facilitator.Venue: HE2B School, Nivelles
2018 December 10Ishango Milele contribution to HUMAN RIGHTSDAY Activity based on the DIGITAL IS «AFRICA» exhi-bition and conferences involving Dirk HUYLE-BROUCK a well-known Belgian mathematician andVladimir PLETZER a physicist and astronaut wor-king for the European Space Agency and good-willambassador for the Ishango Milele Foundation, incollaboration with the non-profit organization “MONVILLAGE”.Venue: Palais d'Egmont in Brussels.
ANNUAL ACTIONS
At GOMA under the leadership of Augustin NDIMU-BANZI, CEO of the Ishango Milele Foundation in theDRCongo, the foundation is working with UYADP, theUnion of Young Artists Draftsmen and Painters on arange of projects including the construction of a Cul-tural Center close to the Ishango region, near the bor-der between the DRCongo and modern day Uganda.
The ISHANGO MILELE Foundation is also partne-ring with UYADP organization in Goma, charged byCARITAS and CAFOD to educate young peopleabout democracy, good governance and elections. Acampaign that began with an awareness raising du-ring the famous AMANI Festival (PEACE) in Goma(30.000 people). We are also very proud of our direc-tor Augustin NDIMUBANZY for his involvement inthe digital processing of civil status for 3 cities of theNorth Kivu Province.
The Ishango Milele Foundation is working with theMANDJI association run by Nicole LETUPPE, basedon the use of music and French song to improve lite-racy in BENIN.
SPECIAL PROJETS
Projects in Belgium: The Ishango Milele Foundationwill organize and co-produce a series of concert-shows at the Euro Space Center, in collaboration withCAV&MA of Namur, ESA the European SpaceAgency and the Euro Space Center. This is plannedfor first quarter 2020.
International Projects: The Ishango Milele Interna-tional Mix-House Project involves well known Bel-gian and international DJs, who have committed tothe creation of works that they will perform at natio-nal and international venues in order to raise awa-reness of the work of the foundation and defend itsvision and values based on the idea of Sharing Know-ledge for Peace.
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2019 February (dates to beconfirmed)PRESS CONFERENCE (B)The Ishango Milele Foundation and itspartners present their plans for the comingtwo years to a range of journalists and
other stakeholders.Venue: The Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO)followed by a dinner reception at INZIA Restaurantand Cultural Center, 37 rue de la Paix, 1050 Brussels.
2019 February to March PeriodDIGITAL IS “AFRICA” EXPO and Conferences (B)A series of activities including the DIGITAL IS“AFRICA” exhibition, a presentation of the IshangoMilele Foundation, participation in the annual CLISEconference on the “flipped classroom” and a confe-rence led by Vladimir Pletzer a physicist and astro-naut working for the European Space Agency andgood-will ambassador for the Ishango Milele Foun-dation. This is organized in collaboration with HE2Band CREM, the Center for Research on the Teachingof Mathematics.Venue: HE2B School in Nivelles
2019 March to June PeriodISHANGO MILELE Charity Gala Event in the USAThis fund raising event is organized by Robin Di-Maggio a highly respected US based musician, com-poser and producer. He is director of music andculture for the United Nations. He is US CEO of theIshango Milele Foundation.Venue: Venues of the Four Seasons Hotels in Los An-geles, New-York, Las Vegas, to be confirmed.
2019 May(dates to be confirmed)The first ISHANGO MILELE Festival (B)A series of events featuring artists of national and in-ternational standing from Europe, Africa including Re-naud PATIGNY and the TOUBAB orchestra. Theprogram includes performance of works such as theIshango Odyssey and events around the DIGITAL IS“AFRICA” exhibition. It is organized in collaborationwith “Matonge en couleurs”, “MANJI,” “Clap Cul-ture,” PROSONIX and the municipality of Ixelles.Venue: Brussels (Ixelles)
2019 May (date to be confirmed)Festival of the IRIS in Brussels (B). This festival is organized by INNOVIRIS and the Ishango MileleFoundation will contribute with its DIGITAL IS“AFRICA” exhibition and a concert performance ofthe “Ishango Odyssey.” Venue: The Scientific Village at Brussels Park
2019 November (date to be confirmed)The first WALL’AFRICA Festival (B)This African festival will include a concert performanceof the Requiem for Rwanda by Belgian composer PierreBartholomée, to commemorate the 25th anniversary ofthe victims of the genocide in Rwanda genocide. It willfeature performance of the Ishango Odyssey, a triomade up of Renaud PATIGNY, Pierre-Alain VOLON-DAT and Renaud CROLS, the TOUBAB orchestra,events based on the DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” travellingexhibition, exhibitions of contemporary African art, andconference events involving Dirk HUYLEBROUCKand Vladimir PLETZER. It will be produced by theIshango Milele Foundation in collaboration withCAV&MA, Solidus Unit, Matonge en Couleurs, ClapCulture and PROSONIX, with support from the city ofNamur and the Region of Wallonia.Venue: Namur at the church of Saint-Loup.
2019 December 7 and 8 or 21 and 22(options to be decided)World Première of the ISHANGO MILELEORATORIO (B)A Belgo-American concert performance involvinginternational artists from all corners of the world. Itwill be digitally recorded for distribution by TV,DVD and streaming.Venue: BOZAR in Brussels
2020 January 11 and 12 (options tobe decided)World Première of the ISHANGO MILELE ORATORIO (B)A Belgo-American concert performance in-volving international artists from all cornersof the world. It will be digitally recorded for
distribution by TV, DVD and streaming.Venue: BOZAR in Brussels
2020 First QuarterUS Première of the ISHANGO MILELE ORA-TORIO (B)A Belgo-American concert performance involvinginternational artists from all corners of the world. Itwill be digitally recorded for distribution by TV,DVD and streaming.Venue: The GETTY Center, Los Angeles
2020 First QuarterThe DIGITAL IS “AFRICA” Exhibition USAA series of workshops, conferences and cultural eventsorganized in collaboration with Robin DiMaggio, USCEO of the Ishango Milele Foundation, Director ofmusic and culture for the United Nations, New York.Awarded “Best Producer” of the USA in 2017. Venue: The United Nations, New York
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«By my Congolese origins, and
especially, as citizen of the world, I
have to give my support to Ishango
Milele Foundation...»
K O D YBelgium - Comedian and actor ofCongolese origin. His interventions in "LeGrandCactus" on «La Deux» (RTBF) makehim one of great personalities in media,entertainment and cinema world.
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Production of original music by some of the greatest Belgian and International DJs. They have agreed to donate 50% of the royalties earned to the Ishango MileleFoundation. They have committed to playing this musicin venues around the world, telling young people aboutthe foundation and the values it represents.
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DJ LILO DJ COSMIC DJ NANDO FORTUNATO
«A hope!...not only for the gorillas, but the Virunga population»... Augustin Ndimubanzi is a teacher andan independent consultant. He worked with WWF in
the Virunga parc and he is also an international programcoordinator for the cooperation between three cities; Woluwé-Saint-Pierre in Belgium and Goma-Butembo, Beniin DRC. This program aims at realizing the digitization ofcivil status of the Congolese cities. Augustin is an«ISHANGO MILELE»’s representative in DRC, Rwandaand Uganda. He is leading historical and local culturegroups around the Ishango’s thematic. Living in North Kivu(on the archaeological site of Ishango), he is involved in thestrengthening of five schools in Rutshuru. These schoolsare dedicated to children from 6 to 12 years old, and teaching methods are characterized by the fact that they aimat initiating children with environment subjects in order to familiarize them with wildlife and remains of an inter-pellator previous human activity. Objectives of pedagogicalvalorisation by the Ishango thematic are also present in the«Youth’association for drawing and painting», an active organization in Goma, that has been created four years agoby Augustin and others. A visit at the Natural Sciences Museum was the opportunity for an important data trans-mission about the site of Ishango, establishing thus exchanges and concerning contacts by the site of Ishango.
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Augustin NDIMUBANZYDRCongoISHANGO MILELE Foundation Director
Already 2 years have elapsedsince the association «IshangoMilele» launched its call «Sha-ring Knowledge for Peace»against a worrying backdrop
of political and economic turmoil andclimate change events, a transitionalperiod where evolution and revolu-tion have become part of our dailylives. Unwilling to give in to pessimism,this is a call centred on one of themost ancient relics of human activity:the Ishango bone, found in Africa, setas a symbol of high level ethnic andscientific progress through peace-sharing for all mankind. The vision andthe desire to show the overall progressof this project were relayed by JeanVictor Nkolo, the porte-parole of theUnited Nations in New York during thecelebrations of the 69th anniversary ofthis institution. Over the last two years,by rekindling the interest and enthu-siasm generated by a show in 2001when we presented the Ishangobone, we have succeeded in kee-ping the project and its symbolismalive in the eyes ofscientists, politi-cians, artists and the media. Guar-dian of the Ishango bone andpromoter of the message «SharingKnowledge for Peace» we are startingto receive support from politicalspheres and cooperation from emi-nent institutions in the scientific, artand media world. Despite inade-quate means for the moment,«Ishango Milele» has shown that de-termination, enthusiasm, hard work
and abnegation can change theface of things. Acknowledgementsfor Tomorrow - Demain-lefilm.com -were indeed proof of this. On thespot, in Ishango, Congo, our action isrelayed via a network of local repre-sentatives of the Gorilla Organizationwho fight for a common cause thatlinks the protection of habitat with thepromotion of intellectual and moralvalues of the local population. In Brus-sels and with the support of the Com-mission Communautaire Française,an awareness campaign is takingshape, targeting young people. This isdone in partnership with «Innoviris»and «Ti Suka». Many other initiativesare also on the cards and will be fina-lized shortly. Ishango Milele receivessupport and collaboration at differentlevels depending on the projects ofthe Belgian and Congolese Commit-tees for UNESCO, the Belgian andCongolese Ministries of Culture andEducation, ERAIFT, the Brussels Regionand the City of Brussels. Scientific sup-port from the Institute «Institut Royaldes Sciences Naturelles de Belgique»and the MRAC Museum (Musée Royald’Afrique Centrale) is indeed a valua-ble asset. «Ishango Milele» also relieson the expertise of well-known inter-national figures in the world ofscience, culture and politics.
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LE CENTRE D’ART VOCAL ET DE MUSIQUE ANCIENNE: UN ENSEMBLE VOCAL, DEUX ORCHESTRES ET UN FESTIVAL
Le Centre d’Art Vocal & de Musique Ancienne (CAV&MA) a été créé en 1984. Le CAV&MA développe tout d’abord une activité soutenue dans le domaine de la diffusion musicale, grâce à des ensembles qui ont clairement affirmé leur réputation au fil des années : le Chœur de Chambre de Namur, l’orchestre baroque Les Agrémens et le Millenium Orchestra.
D’autre part, le CAV&MA est également actif dans le domaine de la formation des jeunes chanteurs et instrumentistes aux pratiques de la Musique Ancienne. Enfin, le CAV&MA assure la direction artistique du Festival musical de Namur (branche namuroise des Festivals de Wallonie), lequel propose chaque année en juillet une série de concerts de grande qualité organisés dans des lieux d’exception de la ville historique. Depuis 2015, le Cav&ma assure la coordination du Pôle Musical de Namur, Na!.
Le Cav&ma travaille en ce momentr à l’édification de la salle de concert de l’Ilôt Rogier à Namur qu’il recevra en gestion en 2020.
Le CAV&MA bénéficie du soutien de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (Direction Générale de la Culture, Secteur de la Musique), de la Ville de Namur, de la Province de Namur et de la Loterie Nationale.
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Ishango Bone – Hypotheses. By Dirk Huylebrouck and Vladimir Pletser.
Jean de Heinzelin established the hypothesis that this group of lines repre-sented numbers. In several historic periods it was common to write numbersusing lines. From there Heinzelin looked for a possible mathematical connec-tion to link these different numbers. What he found led him to believe thatthe bone was proof of advanced mathematics, unprecedented for suchan early period. Here are some observations and interpretations expressedby Jean de Heinzelin in his 1957 article on theIshango site: Central Column -The central column shows a number and its double: three and six, four andeight, five and ten, and two numbers that do not fit this pattern (five andseven). Right Column - From this side the numbers could have a link with thenumber ten, a well-known number base. Therefore we have: 11 = 10 + 1 / 21= 20 + 1 / 19 = 20 – 1 / 9 = 10 – 1. Left Column : The Ishangoans would haveknown that eleven, thirteen, seventeen and nineteen are the prime numbersbetween ten and twenty. A prime number is a number that can only be divided by two numbers: itself and one. Other researchers have shared theirinterpretations of the marks: The mathematicians Dirk Huylebrouk and Vladimir Pletser looked into Jean de Heinzelin’s ideas about number nota-tion, and came to the conclusion that the bone was a kind of sliding scalewhich involved variations of the three and four base numbers, and by ex-tension of base number twelve (3x4). However, they concluded that therewas not enough proof to confirm an understanding of prime numbers...
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raïssa mALU, is a leading mathematician and educational visionaryfrom the Democratic republic of Congo. She is president of the NextEinstein Forum. motivated by a belief that the next Einstein will beAfrican, she wants to make Africa into a global hub for science andtechnology. raïssa was one of the first of our good-will ambassadorsand has supported the ishango milele Foundation from the very beginning. Nowadays she is working with us and the non-profit organization “investing in people” to integrate our “Digital is Africa”expo into the program of the 2018 “Science and Technology Week”in Kinshasa and Goma. This expo will be accompanied by a workshopon the ethics of science and technology, run in collaboration with theHE2B institute in Nivelles, Belgium. Here and in collaboration with theNext Einstein Forum, we will launch the “Oath of ishango” initiative to develop a dialogue on the ethics of science that puts humanistic principles and the idea of “sharing knowledge for peace” at the centerof African scientific, technological and creative endeavor.
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Pas t ac t i on s 2014 - 2017
07-2014 i Wallonie Bruxelles international - Brussels 03-2015 i Château du Lac Hotel - Genval
05-2015 i BriSE SCHOOL - Brussels 05-2015 i meeting with UNESCO DrC - Brussels
08-2015 i United Nations - New-York -USA 08-2015 i Annual Scientific Week - Kinshasa (DrC)
09-2015 i 5 conferences in DrC with Vladimir pLETSEr 10-2015 i Scientific Conference iSEN School (Lille-France)
11-2015 i Conference at iNZiA, our partner -Brussels 12-2015 i presentation to the SENATE DrCongo
12-2015 i Conferences for Gongo memories - Brussels 12-2015 i Space Syposium at padova (italy) with LAÏKA
12-2015 i iSEN Exhibition and Conference - (Lille, France)
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12-2015 i AFriCANiGHT Festival presentation - Eupen
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