Award), fashion designer Tetteh Adzedu (Ghana) (Principal Award), fashion designer Rakhshan Bani-E'temad (Iran), filmmaker Heri Dono (Indonesia), artist painter, sculptor and installation artist Ticio Escobar (Paraguay), art critic, curator and museum director Jyotindra Jain (India), art and culture scientist Jean-Baptiste Kiéthéga (Burkina Faso), archeologist and historian David Koloane (South Africa), visual artist and curator Baaba Maal (Senegal), singer Carlos Monsiváis (Mexico), writer, philosopher and journalist Redza Piyadasa (Malaysia), artist and art critic Rogelio Salmona (Colombia), architect Kumar Shahani (India), filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang (China), filmmaker Nazik Saba Yared (Lebanon), writer, essayist and literature critic Committee Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera. The 1999 Prince Claus Awards Theme "Creating Spaces of Freedom" Laureates Mohand Fellag (France/Algeria) (Principal Award), comedian, actor and writer Vitral (Cuba) (Principal Award), socio-cultural magazine Al Jazeera (Qatar) (Principal Award), independent television network Patrick Chamoiseau (Martinique), writer Paulin J. Hountondji (Benin), philosopher Cildo Meireles (Brazil), sculptor, installation and conceptual artist Pepetela (Angola), writer Dessalegn Rahmato (Ethiopia), sociologist Juana Marta Rodas and Julia Isídrez (Paraguay), ceramics artists Claudia Roden (United Kingdom/Egypt), cookery book writer Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali), filmmaker Tsai Chih Chung (Taiwan), cartoonist, comic strip artist and cartoon filmmaker Ken Yeang (Malaysia), architect Committee Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera. The 2000 Prince Claus Awards Theme "Urban Heroes" Laureates Jaime Lerner (Brazil) (Principal Award), architect Viva Rio (Brazil) (Principal Award), social work peace organization Francisco Toledo (Mexico) (Principal Award), artist painter Bush Radio (South Africa), independent radiostation Communalism Combat (India), human rights organization Cui Jian (China), singer-songwriter, trumpeter, guitarist and film actor Film Resource Unit (South Africa), independent film distributor Arif Hasan (Pakistan), architect, urban planner, socio-philosopher and poet Bhupen Khakhar (India), visual artist Komal Kothari (India), ethnomusicologist Werewere Liking (Ivory Coast), art painter, filmmaker and writer Ayu Utami (Indonesia), radio broadcaster and writer Van Leo (Egypt), photographer Committee Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera, Bruno Stagno. The 2001 Prince Claus Awards Theme "Carnival" Laureates Summer Carnival, Rotterdam (Netherlands) (Principal Award), Caribbean carnival Peter Minshall, designer (Trinidad) (Principal Award), carnival costume designer Chris Abani (Nigeria), writer and poet Duong Thu Huong (Vietnam), writer Samuel Fosso (Cameroon), photographer Jahan-e Ketab (Iran), literary magazine Miri Maftun (Afghanistan), ethnomusicologist Antun Maqdisi (Syria), political philosopher Ibrahim el-Salahi (Sudan/United Kingdom), artist painter Elena Rivera Mirano (United States, Philippines), singer, choir