page_title: Taf Taf
section_title: Suñu Kër
hierarchical_section_title: Taf Taf / Suñu Kër
caption_attribution_description: English: Children making paper in the Sunu Ker Center
context_page_description: Taf Taf was a residency program for artists, with both humanitarian and artistic purposes, that took place in the periphery of Dakar in Senegal. It was organized and coordinated by Minna Maija Lappalainen and Turun taiteilijaseura and financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
  The project started in 2004 from the initiative of Minna Maija Lappalainen, who aimed to create a collaboration between Finnish Artists and the people of the Santhiaba neighbourhood in Dakar. The financial aid came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland and the purpose of the project was to better the living conditions of the Santhiaba neighbourhood in a creative way. The project consists in the creation of a library, a Cultural Center named Suñu Kër, and a residency program for artists. Finnish Universities such as Turku University of Applied Sciences and Arcada University of Applied Sciences actively participated to the project through material donations and by letting their students work in Dakar.
  The project completed in 2013.
context_section_description: The Cultural Centre Suñu Kër is active in various ways. The program includes theatre courses, dance courses for children, and many different kinds of projects, which are led by the artists who take part of the residency program at the Taf Taf. The centre also has become a meeting place for people to gather and spend time with each other.
caption: Children making paper in the Suñu Kër Center
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