The African Artists Peace Initiative (AAPI) www.aapiafrica.org is a Pan-African movement of artists and peace-makers, championing a culture of peace and non-violence in Africa. The overarching objective is to use ''Arts and Culture'' as a weapon and tool for nurturing a culture of peace based on values, attitude, and ways of life conducive to the promotion of peace among individuals, groups and so
ciety. The movement is inspired by the AU Constitutive Act, AU Year of Peace and Make Peace Happen Campaign, AU 2063 Agenda and the UNESCO Culture of Peace and Non-Violence Campaign. As our societies become increasingly multicultural, we need alternative vision of what it means to coexist, interact, and learn in community with each other. The AAPI movement seeks to imagine a future that celebrates the plenitude and diversity of the African cultures and unity. AAPI will mobilize a creative civil society sector engaged in qualitative practice in the arts in their own right, as well as in a manner that contributes to propagating peace, development, human rights, democracy, and to the eradication of poverty on the African continent. Vision: An Africa fit for all; where justice, peace and security prevails
Mission: To use African arts and cultural heritage to inspire a culture of peace, understanding, tolerance and non-violent alternatives to create a sustainable, equitable and harmonious societies in Africa.
