Dancer and AMA grantee Maria Tembe is currently in Cape Town, South Africa, as a participant in this year’s Unmute ArtsAbility Festival (24 November – 3 December) Maria Tembe is a professional contemporary dance artist based in Maputo, Mozambique. She was trained in dance at Culturarte, a contemporary dance company in Mozambique. Her first performance…
Mary Mutinta Manzole travels today from Lusaka (Zambia) to Johannesburg (South Africa) to participate in the 10th annual Drama for Life Conference at Witwatersrand University (28 November-8 December). Mary Manzole is a Theatre for Development (TFD) practitioner and trainer, a social worker, cultural consultant and community animator based in Lusaka. Over the course of her…
Actor, director and AMA grantee Sèdjro Giovanni Houansou is currently in Bamako (Mali) to present his new theatrical piece in Les Praticables Festival (24-28 November). Born in Cotonou in 1987, Sèdjro Giovanni Houansou defines himself as an artist and activist writing “Africa from a sociocultural and political perspective.” After studies in Law, Governance and Democracy,…
AMA grantee Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Abdelhalem is currently in Rabat as a participant in the Visa for Music Foundation’s Africa-Middle East Music Meeting (21-24 November 2018). Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Abdelhalem is a Cairo-based sound engineer. Starting as a technician in 2006, he has since become a professional sound engineer and producer, acquiring extensive experience in…
AMA grantee Davy Lessouga is currently in Rabat (Morocco) as a participant in the Visa for Music Foundation’s Africa-Middle East Music Meeting (21-24 November 2018). Based in Douala, Cameroon, Davy Lessouga is an artistic talent manager and digital music specialist. He represents, among numerous other artists, Cameroonian singer Franko (famous for the hit single “Coller…
AMA grantee Joanita Kente Tushabe traveled last week from Kampala (Uganda) to Nairobi (Kenya) to launch a new collection of poetry titled Waragi by Jedidiah Mugarura on November 17. Joanita is a writer, editor and journalist and is the co-founder of The Hen House, an emerging media and publishing company in Uganda. Together with Jedidiah Mugarura,…
AMA grantee Ann Singer traveled from Windhoek (Namibia) to Nairobi (Kenya) last week to attend ACCESS 2018 – Music in Africa Conference (15-17 November). Ann Singer is a multiple award-winning singer-songwriter hailing from Windhoek, Namibia. In 2016 alone, she received 4 Namibia Annual Music Awards (NAMA) for Best Newcomer, Best Afro Pop, Best R’n’B and…
AMA grantees Yannick Proenca, Stachys Nzolani and Joonho Wantete, of Sahad and the Nataal Patchwork, traveled last week from Dakar (Senegal) to Nairobi (Kenya) to attend and perform in ACCESS – Music in Africa Conference 2018 (15-17 November). Yannick, Stachys and Joonho are members of the band Sahad and the Nataal Patchwork. Formed by singer…
It is our pleasure to announce the grantees of Session 30 of AMA’s mobility grants programme (November 2018-January 2019). Thanks to the generous support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, AMA is able to support 22 artists and cultural professionals for their travel projects within Africa with a budget of 14,000 euros. Please find…
Gilbert Agbevide travelled from Lomé (Togo) to Bamako (Mali) on Thursday in order to begin a residency titled “Arts-femmes”, organized by Côté Court association. He will be in Bamako until December 8th. An experienced cultural administrator, Gilbert is the Executive Director and promoter of FESTI-FORMATION ZÉDÉKA – Rencontres internationales des arts des Communautés et des…
