The Joint African Pavilion

The Joint Afican Pavilion

The Joint African Pavilion shows a very subtle relationship between China and African region. It means that how China gains its power on Africa. The Joint African which includes 42 Africa countries and a international institution (AU) is the biggest Pavilion of Shanghai Expo.

Since the opening of the Shanghai Expo, African pavilions have been more popular among tourists, especially the World Cup host' s pavilion - the South Africa Pavilion.

Actually, there are 50 African nations and the African Union present their interpretation of the “Better City, Better Life” theme in Shanghai, , African governments and businesses exhibit at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo in efforts to showcase tourism and trade potential. Of the 50 African nations exhibiting, 42 have joined forces to build the Joint-Africa Pavilion, a 22.6 thousand square meters (243,264.38 sq. ft) exhibit hall with individual country exhibition areas and over 100 exhibits from Africa. Located near a main entrance of the expo, construction for the Joint-Africa Pavilion began in August 2008, and is developed in part with investment money from a $100-million fund set up by the organizers of the expo for the over 100 participating developing countries participating. The remaining 8 African countries exhibiting, including South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria, will rent their own separate pavilions.




The sequare i front of the Joint Afican Pavilion

The huge wall, dubbed "African smiles" , shows faces of different colors across the world, centered on Lucy, the iconic early human ancestor specimen that walked the Earth 3.2 million years ago and was uncovered in 1974 and nicknamed "Lucy".