Sambun means to light the fire in Diola. The festival was born as a meeting place for artists from both Africa and other parts of the world to promote access to contemporary art in Thionck Essyl, a rural region in the Casamance area.
It has open and free workshops for the public, and a program of traditional local culture in collaboration with the municipality of Thionck Essyl. Sambun is therefore a spark with which to promote creativity, transversal thinking and synergies through the value that art brings.
The festival culminates with an exhibition at the CEM Kamanar school of all the pieces created during the festival. With all the work created throughout its editions, Sambun will generate an art fund that will constitute a museum of contemporary art for and by the people.