Antananarivo-based AMA grantee Oliva Randrianasolo is currently in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal to participate in “Du geste à la danse,” a 2-month series of workshops (April 6-June 13) on traditional and contemporary African dance at the École des Sables. Ms. Randrianasolo is a dancer with the Compagnie Tahala in Antananarivo. Passionate for dance since childhood, she…
Lomé-based AMA grantee Anique Dovi Afi is currently in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal to participate in “Du geste à la danse,” a 2-month series of workshops (April 6-June 13) on traditional and contemporary African dance at the École des Sables. The 22-year-old Ms. Dovi Afi is a dancer and actor with five years of professional experience.…
AMA grantee Ada Jeanne Umugwaneza is currently in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal to participate in “Du geste à la danse,” a 2-month series of workshops (April 6-June 13) on traditional and contemporary African dance at the École des Sables. Based in Kigali, Rwanda, Ms. Umugwaneza has been training in traditional Rwandan dances since 2007 and in…
Today, AMA grantees Bonaya Doti Ibrahim, Salad Dibi Duba and Fatima Jarso Guyo will travel from Nairobi, Kenya to Stone Town, Zanzibar to participate in the 12th edition of the Sauti za Busara international music festival (February 12-15). Bonaya Doti Ibrahim is a vocalist hailing from the Konso ethnic community in the remote region of…
Today, the members of Collective Afreekyama (Lehchili Mostepha Amine, Labib Benslama, Hamza Oualid) travel from Algiers, Algeria to Accra, Ghana for a month-long stay during which they will be exploring the local music scene and creating fusion music with Ghanaian musicians. Collective Afreekyama is a multimedia collaborative platform of musicians, journalists, filmmakers, photographers and visual…
AMA is pleased to announce the grantees of Session 26 (October 2014) of its mobility grants programme. Of the thirty-eight grant applicants, twenty-two were awarded grants: • Mr. Vincent Bezuidenhout (photographer and educator, South Africa): Mr. Bezuidenhout will be travelling to Buea, Cameroon to participate in the African Photography Initiatives conference (January 26 – February…
AMA is pleased to announce Selection Committee member Christene Eyene’s new appointment as Guild Research Fellow – Contemporary Art by the School of Art, Design and Performance, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Christine has just joined the team of Making Histories Visible, an interdisciplinary visual art research project based at UCLan’s Centre for Contemporary Art,…
Today, AMA grantee Rocca Gutteridge is travelling from Kampala, Uganda, to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, to conduct research on the Nafasi Art Space, explore the Tanzanian art scene, and deliver information on the Ugandan scene. Rocca Gutteridge is an artist and art director. Her background and training being in contemporary sculpture, she has exhibited her…
This month, stage director and AMA grantee Yvette Hardie travelled from Cape Town, South Africa to Yaoundé, Cameroon, to participate in this year’s edition of the International Festival of Theatre for Children and Adults (FATEJ), which was hosted by the Théâtre du Chocolat in partnership with ASSITEJ Cameroon. At FATEJ, she presented the play The…
Today, AMA grantees Dounia Benslimane (Morocco) and Gugu Dlamini (Swaziland) are travelling to Dakar to attend the Arterial Network’s conference on Creative Economy, which will take place from 14 to 16 November. Widely recognized as one of the leading actresses in her native Swaziland, Gugu is an accomplished performer and arts administrator who has been…
