Nile Pop: Launch of Special Issue
In 1999, countries in the Nile Basin designated 22 February as Nile Day: a day to celebrate their cooperation in the Nile Basin Initative. A Special Issue in the journal Bridging Humanities will be launched on 22 February to celebrate the iconic river.
About the event
The special issue, titled Nile Pop, features multimedia material (texts, podcasts, music, video) that were presented in February 2020 in the evocative setting of the Egyptian Taffeh Temple at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden. Ethiopian and Egyptian researchers, together with Sudanese musicians, showed how the Nile has inspired music, poetry, and cinema. The event further highlighted how such art forms spark emotions that shape our understanding of the river and its infrastructure.
About Nile Pop
“Nile Pop” is part of the project “Open Water Diplomacy. Media, science and transboundary cooperation in the Nile Basin”, funded by the Water and Development Partnership program (Phase 2), which is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The February 2020 event was organised in collaboration with Stichting Zenobia, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, and the Africa 2020 workshop “The Nile: inclusion and exclusion over a transboundary resource”.
Registration
To register for this event please contact SecretariatIWSG@un-ihe.org
Emanuele Fantini
Senior Lecturer/Researcher in Water Politics and Communication
