The African Pavilion domeA new team – Axum, Elene, and Malcolm
– has recently stepped forward to manage the African Pavilion, one of the more
prominent pavilions in Auroville’s International Zone, due both to its
high-visibility location next to the Visitors’ Centre and its regular cultural
events. The renewal of the team came in the wake of a turbulent period during
which the previous African Pavilion team became unable to cope with the number
of visitors and guests staying at the newly made guesthouse and campground.
Auroville Today spoke with two members of the new core team about their vision
for the future.
Elene was born in Ethiopia and first came to
Auroville in 2003. Her uncle Tekeste was instrumental in establishing the AVI
network on the African continent and the African Pavilion in the International
Zone. Since the allotment of the land for the Pavilion in 2006, she would come
for forest clean-up events on the African Pavilion site and helped with cooking
dinners for A...
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