I partner in the “46 Avenue” project the ambitious project of luxury musical restaurant - art gallery - goods and craft garments in Paris “Gold Triangle” on 46 Avenue George V / Champs Elysée in front of Louis Vuitton main store but unfortunately it does not went through for many reasons in this kind of business. The much wanted location has been taken later by the recent Parisian Palace the Fouquet’s Hotel where French new President Nicolas Sarkozy had his first night, the day of his election ! It was a kind of dream to have your own musical restaurant in the best Place of Paris. I got my office there. Maybe later.

 

Sidiki known also as Cote d’Ivoire’s President’s childhood friend runs the “Palais de la Culture d’Abidjan” aka the Important Cultural Centre window of the culture of Cote d’Ivoire where he plays an important role to connect all the people of his country through culture. He founded and runs the Actors studio in Cote d’Ivoire.

 

 

I step out my job at Inserm : the French National Institute of Medicine Research and Health where I work at the communication and computer continuous learning  departement for the 4500 researchers of the Institute.

and after having built the sofware which manage learning process and carreer. In fact, I have two lives : one is scientific the other creative. One is taking more  and more time and brain ressources... I step out my job to concentrate on the creative part of my life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gospel, Ecology, Animation ... and the creation of Treelion :  Afro-entertainment & Afro animation from Africa and the African diaspora inspired by their stories and their values and going to the frontiers of imagination.

 

In 2001, I meet Pierre Sauvalle, founder of Pictoon animation studio in Dakar - Senegal, the first African animation  studio. At that time, I’m managing famous child “Tippi of Africa : the young girl who talks with the animals”  (informations following below) while working also on a dreaming restaurant project. I think that creating an animation studio in Africa was a so brilliant idea. This idea never leaves me and some years later, I decide to collaborate with Pictoon, represent them and coproducing their work and  I launch Afro animation a common platform of production and distribution for Afro productions of animation from different continents which can be leader on their market and touch a broad audience and work with the greatest talent in each continent.

Joel Cimarron is one of them . Follow that guy ! he is the next great talent of the animation world !

 

 

News

I’m currently preparing the TED Global Conference I will attend, show up  and exhibit in. I leave on June 2nd.

 

I got TED Fellowship sponsored by Google AMD and GE for the “TED Global Conference : Africa the next step “in Arusha Tanzania June 4-7, 2007 granted to the 100 people who will play an important role for the future of Africa.

TED Technology Entertainment and Design  is this very important conference where thinkers businessmen Mavericks meet. Apple launched the Macintosh there and Sony the compact disk. Recently people as Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Bono, Quincy Jones Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Richard Branson attented. TED arrives for the first in Africa.

 

 

 

But before this I was involved in music as all family my Gospel years ended with :

 

“Gospel Symphonique” on Nov 9-10,  1997

This was the last creation and production I made.

I made enter Gospel for the first time in the Paris national Opera House and made the first gospel Live show on a National Radio in France for 1996 Christmas night on Europe 1. 2 hour live broadcast huge success.

 

But  for  me nothing could me more emotional than this :

The challenge : the meeting between two musical group two kind of music very different from each other Gospel and Symphony. Gospel Symphonique  Between  Amazing Gospel the most promising group of Europe and Colonne Orchestra French oldest symphonic orchestra and regular orchestra of the Paris National Opera House.

When black music meets white Music at Salle Pleyel Paris (the French Carnegie Hall)

 

This is the 2nd edition made in 2000. More refined so less wild than the earlier version. I will post it as soon I can get my hands again on it.

79 Musicians and 12 soloists and choir

Created and produced by Patrick Aglaé and Michel Faussurier

 

In 1996 I made the first Gospel concert in the Paris National Opera House and the first Gospel Live show broadcasted  on a French National Radio (Europe 1 for the Christmas Night of Disneyland)

The sense of gift and warmness of the gospel runs my life I want people receive the same gift in my afro animation producions or other entertainment.

 

Then (Ok this is not chronological)

Tippi Degré also know as “Tippi of Africa, the young girl who speaks with an animals.

Tippi was born in Namibia in June 1990 as the first ever French baby born in the newly independent Namibia from her parents well know wildlife photographers (those in 1985 who made know the meerkats to the world). An unbelievable ability to approach wild animals and talk to them... the pictures went worldwide as her story. Her book telling her childhood in Africa made a huge best seller translated in 13 languages topping the charts in many countries Germany, China, Taiwan etc...

She was named Patron of the WWF (World Fund for nature) for its 40th anniversary which happened on a not so funny day : Sept , 11, 2001 then she made a a made for children documentary series with Discovery “Around the world with Tippi” where she was meeting people caring for endangered species.

Great child great experience as Manager of the phenomenon.

I did not tell you much things about this experience but I will make it in the future

Stern Magazine #1 German weekly magazine headlines of Queen of jungle ,Tippi, King of green, Tiger Woods  both arriving the first time and week in Germany and Queen of beauty, Miss Universe’s election

Note the size of the photo in comparison with the others.