Villa Karo

Villa Karo is a Finnish-African culture center and artist residence in the coastal village of Grand-Popo, Benin.

The primary task is to offer a possibility to reside in Africa for Finnish artists, researchers, teachers and other professionals in cultural and social fields.

A small museum was opened in 2001, where art and objects related to West African culture and Animist religion are displayed.

There is a public library in Villa Karo, which includes about 3,000 volumes of literature in Finnish, French, English and Swedish.

[9] In addition, about 2,000 people from Finland, from university students to president Tarja Halonen have paid a visit to Villa Karo.

Villa Karo viewed from the ocean. Front right community center Lissa Gbassa, then Petit musée, two-storey Villa Karo main building, Musée Karo and Researach center to the right.
Location of Grand-Popo on the Coast of Benin, the Gulf of Guinea .