Visitors from abroad
par Thomas Kadelbach
For Pro Helvetia, 1971 marks the beginning of cultural relations with postcolonial Africa. The foundation organises the exhibition La Suisse présente la Suisse in Dakar.
Pro Helvetia Archives
Opening up to Africa
For Pro Helvetia, 1971 marks the beginning of cultural relations with postcolonial Africa. The foundation organises the exhibition La Suisse présente la Suisse in Dakar.
Pro Helvetia Archives
A children's competition
The children visiting the exhibition are encouraged to enter a competition. The reward for the best authors of essays is a trip to the Alpine country, which finally takes place in 1972.
Pro Helvetia Archives
The young Senegalese visit Switzerland
Pro Helvetia’s welcoming policy in regard to non-western cultures is illustrated by the young Senegalese touring Switzerland. It is not the foundation’s first foray into this field of activity. Already in the second half of the 1960s, Pro Helvetia organised educational trips for young African and Asian diplomats to introduce them to the democratic values of Switzerland in a kind of know-how transfer.
Pro Helvetia Archives
Visitors from China
The policy of including non-western countries is continued in September 1979. Pro Helvetia receives dramatist Cao Yu, poet Li Ying and novelist Qin Shi, the first delegation of Chinese writers.
Federal Archives E 9510.6 1991/51, Vol. 211
Echoes in the Swiss press
On October 3, 1972, the Genevan daily La Suisse reports on the young Senegalese's stay in Switzerland.
