Testimonies

"There is a need for ATEX to work out a valid strategy of funding for ACTPA and other projects so that in the long run ACTPA and similar projects do not depend entirely upon international donor agencies." Resolution No.2 The African Symposium Workshop on Training Methodologies (AFSYMWORK. Mauritius. 1988)

"The new Africa must use the traditions of Africa as well as the culture of the world to produce a unique and healthy vision of the future." FAY CHUNG, Minister of Education and Culture. At the opening ceremony of African Centre for the Training of Performing Artists (ACTPA at Castle Arts). November 1990. Bulawayo.

"This is truly a Phase I to be proud of, and one can only hope that there are many, many phases still to come. The contribution which ACTPA can make to the culture of the continent as a whole promises to be very great indeed." Dr. RAY ORLEY. Cultural Attaché USIS- USA. 1990. After watching the first Interafrican Production "FOOTPRINTS".

"These ACTPA initial successes derive from the sterling management work of ATEX, under the able and committed leadership of Mr. Daniel Labonne. ....the aesthetic energies of African performing artists were successfully harnessed and, in the process of cultural contact and exchange, produced a new African performing artist who has confidence in his past and future." Statement of the Host Country of ACTPA at Castle Arts. Bulawayo. 1991.

"The ATEX Round Table (Paris) invites all African Countries, African artists, international institutions and organisations as well as the world artistic community to join into this demonstration of international solidarity for the promotion of performing arts in Africa." DEBEBE ESHETU (UAPA Chairman. Performer, Ethiopia), EBBE CARLSON (SIDA, Sweden) AMADU MADDY (Performer, Sierra Leone), DR. T. MAHOSO (Performer, Zimbabwe), MARTHA VESTIN (Performer, Sweden), KOMPAORE PROSPER (Performer, Burkina Faso), ALBERTA ARTHURS, SUSAN SATO (Rockefeller Foundation), J.K. HAZDI (Francophone International Agency – ACCT) INDRASSEN VENCATACHELLUM (Unesco), Daniel Labonne (ATEX). Press Release. The ATEX Round Table at the ACCT, Paris. 1988.