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Last update July 6 2008
Didier
Wolff present's
Marque tridimensionnelle
déposé à l'Institut National de la Propriété
Industrielle Registred
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Design at the service of those in need
1. Historical account
Conceived at the Cape of Good Hope and manufactured in Alsace "the Key of Africa" is a piece of jewellery symbolizing Peace, Love, Unity and Solidarity
2. Principle
Intent to help those in need one part of the profits of the sales (minimum 30%) will go to humanitarian associations carefully chosen for their skill, reliability and transparency , who actually assist African populations on the spot.
Its cost-price is automatically re-invested by the author into the manufacturing of new series.
Any association can buy the "Key of Africa" for 7 to 10 euros et sell it for 10 to 15 euros maximum. So the profit depends on the price fixed by the association and can vary from 3 to 5 euros. This principle is clear and can be tracked down in the accountsExample : if "the Key of Africa" is sold on a concert site , the merchandising service hands over the profits to a humanitarian association designated by both the author and concert-performer, and produces a legal certificate.
Question : can "the Key of Africa" be bought/sold otherwise ?
For example" the Key of Africa"will be sold by the library of the Modern Art Museum of Strasbourg. In this case the profits will go back into the manufacturing of new keys made of steel silver or gold.Author's note : it is of the utmost importance for me to stress that beyond its aesthetic and market value this "Key of Africa's first and principal function is to help African populations , and particularly to improve the condition of children , a sensitive spot for me, being myself an adopted child . "The Key of Africa " is , sort of , my thanks to life for the happy opportunities that were given to me and I want it to help other children to live better, longer and happier
Didier Wolff / All contributions to improve the scheme are welcome
3. Manufacturing of the Key
The current keys are made of steel. Available June 27
Tiken Jah FakolyThere are only the distributors named on this website who are actually allowed to sell the key.
The keys of africa are available since june 2008 on every concert or festival of Tiken Jah Fakoly in Europa, Dom Tom or even North America, at the outstanding cost of 10 euros, tax free.
Tour :
27 Juin / ZENITH /Paris / Garance Reggae Festival
28 June / Bruxelles / Couleur Café
29 June / Audincourt / Rencontres & Racines Festival
5 July / Nort sur Erdre / La nuit de l'Erdre
6 July / Paris Solidays
8 July / Rouen / Armada
9 July / Saint Malo du bois / Festival de Poupet
12 July / La Rochelle / Francofolies / St Jean d'Acre
17 July / Nice / Théâtre de verdure
18 July / Vienne / Arènes
19 July / Six fours : Voix du Gaou
24 July / Nyon / Paléo Festival
26 July / Cajarc / Africajarc
29 July / Montréal / Francofolies
30 July / Pau / Emmaus
2 August / Ile Maurice / Festival Sakifo
6 August / Ile de la Réunion/ Festival Sakifo
9 August / Crozon / Festival du bout du Monde
10 August / Aulnoyes Aymeries / Les Nuits Secrètes
13 August / Grange / Théâtre Antique
MODERN AND CONTEMPORY'S ART MUSEUM OF STRASBOURG
1 place Hans Jean Arp | Phone : 03 88 32 97 57 Website
Open from tuesday to Saturday, from 11.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m, except for Sunday, when the schedule comes to 10.00 a.m. to 6.00. p.m., and for Monday, when it's closed.Located at the gateway of the modern and contemporary's art museum of Strasbourg, the Bookshop Kléber offers a real large choice in art edition's theme, covering the large chapter that begins at the end of the nineteenth century, and keeps going today. Each one of the knowledge branch of the modern and contemporary's creation are representated right there : Plastic arts, photography, architecture, design, graphism, illustration, cinema.
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4. Broadcasting of Aluminium's giant keys
Key"Made in Bamako".
Delay of making : 1 monthThey are going to be producted and released at Mali, Bamako, by "La tête de l'Art", under the direction of Bruno Plart :
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5. Special ordrers / Keys in precious metals (Jeweller)
Silver and gold keys are on study and will be made on special order.
The key is also available in gold, 18 carats, in massive silver (925/00th), but also in gold, 18 carats, with diamonds (Sapphires, emeralds). Metal, , guaranteed bradawl and copperplate on slice, jewel case, certificate of authenticity, and delivery in France or worldwide included in.
Silver Key, 925 °/°°, with a weight of 13 gramms approximatly.
Rhodied (Preservative layer by an application of a thin skin of rhodium, which hardens the surface)Yellow massive gold Key, 18 carats, with a weight of 20 gramms approximatly.
Grey gold, Or gris palladied and rhodied. Yellow gold set of precious stones, in the "Keyhole" part of the Key.
Silver Key, 925 °/°° with a weight of 15 gramms approximatly
At r ight, special order of an aluminium key / 3,5cm / 1 unique sampleDelay of making : 3 weeks / The prices are not yet available
Author's footer : When the Key of Africa© is built with precious metals, it of course involves that the benefits created are higher than with anoter material like Inox. It is the main interest with those special ordrers. The prices of these pieces haven't been decided yet, so I'm not actually able to announce how much is going to be dedicated to the associations. I'll explain the details right here on after.
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7. The beneficiary
www.toloni.org
Toloni has for main objective the creation of schools, elimination of illiteracy, and medical centers in Africa in order to help for improve the life conditions of African children.
This association suggests to generate scholastic facilities, real estate which could help the teaching, education, and health's conditions.
Toloni partners with every initiative concerning a particular social object : Improving the life condition of children.
The idea of creating an association came to me during a shooting of a videoclip, at Touloni, a small village at the north of the Côte d'Ivoir. Seeing children walking eight or even ten kilometers each day in order to go to the nearest school, made me funding the construction of a first school in 2004. My regular trips to the African continent kept my belief even stronger. The belief that there's still a lot of things to do in that domain. By creating the Association Toloni, I'd like to extend the idea to other villages, where children cannot get a proper school education... Everywhere we can in Africa. Together, with Toloni, we say : " tôlôn tè sèbè sà ".
You who join us, I'd like to thank you for your help, for the expansion of education, litteracy, and enhancement of the living conditions of Children.
Tiken Jah Fakoly
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Missionaries of Charity Mother Térésa
I'm actually in permanent contact with the Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa, at Addis Abebba, in Ethiopia, where I made a mission of evaluation of their needs, all around their 15 camps, settled all over the country, in order to create solar reflectors (of ilk "Scheffler"). They take care of ten thousand people, men, women, children, orphans, olds, ills or dying. Complete case by demand. Highly experimented in the administration of international help, they keep sharing out supplies and medecines (international help, especially american), with highly measures, extremely fair and precise.But that help, limited essentialy to corn's importation, is insufficient. People need water, especially at the east of the country, and new well-drillings are necessay, but clothes also, shoes, medical supplies, reflectors and solar pannels.
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Author's footer : Other marvellous associations are going to get benefits of the Key of Africa. They are it's source, the inspiration that leaded to it's elaboration, and then to it's production. Anyway, I can't actually quote them without their agreement, and force them to accept that gift either.
Tiken Jah Fakoly (Biographie ) and Didier Wolff in Bamako
www.tikenjah.net www.toloni.org
"Viens voir" Direction Jessy Nottola
6. Thanks to Nelson Mandela, Nobel Price of Peace
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Letter from the office of President Mandela.
26 January 1999. Dear Mr Wolff
The President has requested me to thank you for the message and the African key
that you sent him.You are assured of the President's sincere appreciation of this
gesture of goodwill. President Mandela wishes you everything of the best.With kind regards
ppAdministrative Secretary
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Thanks to Robert Hossein / (translated from French)
Dear Didier Wolff,
I support your initiative to contribute to the humanitarian association's needs, with this "Key", that you wish to commercialise, in order to help the most powerless and ressourceless populations of Africa.
I encourage you, as already did the president Mandela, and I'd like to see that message understood and transmitted to the most people as possible.
Robert Hossein
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www.theatremarigny.fr
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Thanks to Alpha Blondy
www.alphablondy.info
Author's footer : I met Alpha Blondy twice during concerts in Alsace, here by example in the backstage of the Hall Rhénus, the 18.12.2005. I offered him that first prototype of the Key of Africa (that you can see on the picture) that day.
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Thanks to Touré Kunda
www.toure-kunda.com
Author's footer : During a live performance at Strasbourg (at the Salamandre), I met also Ismaïla, of Touré Kunda, who accepted to pose, presenting that prototype of the Key of Africa. Since then, there is the support letter, sent by the entire band :
Dear Didier,
TOURE KUNDA, the elephants family, Ismaïla & Sixu Tidiane,
Are glad to bring their sincere support to that initiative "the Key of Africa" ;
We hope that, by the means of the finances collected, real associatives projects could born on Africa, and thus enable a real enhancement of the living condition for the most powerless and ressourceless.
Long life to that operation, all our support !TOURE KUNDA
Thank's to Arthur.H
© Lila Roze
www.arthurh.net
Author's footer : I showed the Key of Africa to Arthur.H in Alsace, during the festival "Energissimo", in June 2006, and I asked him if he wanted to support that project, question he answered by those words :
"You can put my name on that list"
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