Justine Akouir Mireille Akaba and Yvonne Gladys Tchuimo, both dancers based in Yaoundé, Cameroon, are currently in Brazzaville to participate in the Festival International de Théâtre, danse et cirque au Congo (FITHEDAC) (September 30 – October 11, 2015), where they will perform a contemporary dance piece titled « Plus femme que femme ». Justine Akaba…
Cairo-based playwright and director Dalia Basiouny and actors Maison Abo El Naga and Helal Ibrahim are now in Addis Abeba to perform the play Solitaire the Crossing Boundaries Festival (September 24-27, 2015). An accomplished theatre practitioner, Dalia Basiouny has been directing for the stage since 1993. She has dedicated her career to fostering theatre work…
Harare-based AMA grantee Tsitsi Dangarembga is currently in Nairobi to participate in the Storymoja literature festival, taking place between September 16 and 20. Tsitsi Dangarembga is a renowned writer, filmmaker, arts educator and activist. She is the founding director of the Institute of Creative Arts for Progress in Africa Trust, an institution focusing on the…
Mauritanian rap artist Mohamed Kourouma (aka Franco Man) is currently in Casablanca for the urban music festival L’BOULEVARD (September 11-20, 2015). A socially engaged rapper, Mohamed Kourouma uses his microphone to spread messages of unity and peace and to denounce the various forms of ethnic and racial discrimination that run rampant in his home country.…
AMA is pleased to announce the grantees of Session 28 (August 2015) of its mobility grants programme. This session was one of AMA’s most competitive, with 165 eligible applications received. A total of 17 artists and cultural practitioners (including 3 groups) were awarded grants: 1. Maison Hussein Abo El Naga, Dalia Basiouny Hassan and Helal Mostafa…
AMA grantee Mitchelle Opado is currently in Zanzibar, Tanzania to produce a film about the Zanzibar International Film Festival (July 17 – 27). Mitchelle is a member of Afro Art Media (http://afroartmedia.com/), an online platform dedicated to showcasing African visual art. Besides displaying the works of leading African graphic designers, painters, animators and filmmakers, the…
AMA grantee Denver Breda is currently in Zanzibar, Tanzania, to participate in the Zanzibar International Film Festival, taking place between July 7 and 26. Mr. Breda is an independent Khoisan indigenous filmmaker, scriptwriter, photographer, actor and social activist based in the Cape Flats. He is the CEO and founder of the Cape Flats Creative Collective,…
Today, AMA grantee Marie-Florine Demosthene travels from Accra, Ghana to Johannesburg, South Africa, to begin a 6-week-long residency at Gallery MOMO (July 4-August 16). Born in New York and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haïti, Marie-Florine Demosthene is a visual artist working across the media of painting, installation and performance. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts…
Today, AMA grantee Soufiane Ouissi travels from Tunis to Kinshasa to participate in the 6th edition of the international arts festival Connexion Kin, which is being held between July 2 and 12. Sofiane Ouissi is a choreographer, dancer and curator based in Tunis. He completed his initial training in dance at the Conservatoire de musique…
Today, AMA grantee Happiness Peter Kulwa Majige travels from Mwanza, Tanzania to Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, to participate in a two-week workshop on the Germaine Acogny dance technique at the École des Sables. Ms. Majige is a professional dancer. She has been working professionally since 2008, working with various choreographers both within Tanzania and internationally (including…
