Construction of the Huambo Cultural Center in Angola has resumed. This is after the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment, Jomo Francisco Fortunato, confirmed that financial resources have been made available for works to resume soon.
Construction of the Center started in 2011 but stalled in 2014 due to lack of funds. According to the minister, the financial constraints that hindered the resumption of works to complete the project have already been overcome.
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Huambo Cultural Center
The Huambo Cultural Center is expected to house the main artistic manifestations existing in the country. With rooms for theater and cinema, fine arts, music and dance, libraries, warehouses and other attractions, the center will be able to support at least one thousand people per day participating in the various fields of art.
The Center is expected to house three theaters, one with 500 seats, another with 150 seats and another with 100 seats. Two conference rooms for 100 and 50 people, a restaurant for around 144 people and other diverse spaces such as dance rooms, library and cafeteria.
According to the secretary general of the National Union of Plastic Artists (UNAP), António Tomás Ana “Etona”, the future cultural building in Huambo demonstrates how the State is engaged in the progress of Angolan artistic manifestations.
“I congratulate the central Angolan and Huambo province executives who made this work a great space for cultural dynamism. We artists have to organize ourselves so that we can take advantage of the State’s efforts to improve the arts and, as a consequence, to reduce hunger and poverty,” he concluded.
