SPOTLIGHT - Bolanle Austen-Peters, Executive Producer, SARO
Mrs.
Bolanle Austen-Peters has a Masters degree in International Law from the London
School of Economics and Political Science and a Law degree from the University
of Lagos. She is the Founder of Terra
Kulture. Terra Kulture is an educational and recreational organisation set up
in 2003 to promote the richness and diversity of Nigerian Languages, Arts and
Culture.
Bolanle Austen-Peters, Executive Producer, SARO - A Musical Play
Today Terra
Kulture, a private sector initiative is a resounding success recognized as a
major cultural hub in Nigeria for expatriates, students, Hollywood and
Nollywood stars, artists and members of the diplomatic corps.
She has worked
as Consultant to the Ford Foundation on setting up a Corporate Council for Arts
and Culture in Nigeria. Through her initiative the Council has been set up and
has received 2million USD from the Ford Foundation to support the arts in
Nigeria.
In its eight
years of existence Terra Kulture has organized over a hundred art exhibitions,
eighty plays, sixty book readings and over two thousand adults and children
have attended our language classes and excursions.
She has facilitated, organized, managed and attended numerous workshops and
seminars both within and outside the United Nations system on various issues.
She worked as a Consultant to the Ford Foundation Lagos and helped raise
millions of dollars for the Museum through Arts and Business Council which she
co-founded. She is married with children.
She had worked
with the United Nations in Switzerland, Ethiopia and Namibia before founding
Terra Kulture
Read more about Bolanle Austen-Peters HERE
Visit Terra Kulture website HERE
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