The 2011 Prince Claus Awards
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- Laureates
- Ntone Edjabe for Chimurenga (Pan-Africa) (Principal Award), DJ, writer and publisher
- Said Atabekov, (Kazakhstan), visual artist, videographer and photographer
- The Book Café, (Zimbabwe), platform for free cultural expression
- Nidia Bustos, (Nicaragua), cultural activist and theatre director
- Rena Effendi, (Azerbaijan), photographer
- Regina José Galindo, (Guatemala), body and performance artist
- Ilkhom Theatre, (Uzbekistan), independent theater
- Kettly Mars, (Haiti), poetess and writer
- Rabih Mroué, (Lebanon), theater maker and visual artist
- Riwaq, (Palestine), architectonic organization
- Woeser, (Tibet; China), writer, poetess and blogger
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