It is our pleasure to announce the grantees of Session 31 of AMA’s mobility grants programme (March 2020-June 2020). Thanks to the generous support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, AMA is able to support 14 artists and cultural professionals for their travel projects within Africa. Please find all the information about the grantees,…
Bibata Ibrahim Maiga, Sahadatou Ami Touré and Marcelle Kabran, dancers and AMA grantees, travelled from Bamako, Cotonou and Abidjan (respectively) to Dakar to participate in a residency at the Centre Culturel Blaise Senghor (January 20-February 2). Bibata, Ami and Marcelle are part of a new generation of young dancers and choreographers that are spreading the…
Mamle Kabu, writer and AMA grantee, travelled from Accra (Ghana) to Banjul (Gambia) to participate in Mboka! Festival of Art and Culture (January 20-28). Mamle is a writer, poet and the co-director of the Writers Project of Ghana. She is the author of numerous short stories, including “The End of Skill,” which was nominated for…
John Namai, storyteller and AMA grantee, travelled from Nairobi (Kenya) to Banjul (Gambia) to participate in the Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sports, held in the Gambian capital from January 20 to 28. John is a professional storyteller. Trained in the Sigana art of storytelling, he has toured widely, including in Sweden, Denmark, Romania,…
Hafedh Zalit, dancer-choreographer and AMA grantee, travelled from Tunis (Tunisia) to Bamako (Mali) to lead a Masterclass as part of Project Berka 174. He was hosted by Karemba Studio dance company from January 13 to 19. Trained at the Centre National de Danse in Tunis and the National Academy of Classical Dance in Rome, Hafedh…
Laeila Adjovi, reporter, photographer, artist and AMA grantee, travelled from Dakar (Senegal) to Cotonou (Benin) in order to conduct research towards a new project titled “Les Chemins de Yemoja” (The roads of Yemoja). She was hosted by the Zinsou Foundation from January 3 to 19. Laeila Adjovi works between documentary photography and artistic practice. Photography…
Kadidja Tiemanta, dancer and AMA grantee, travelled from Bamako (Mali) to Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) to participate in this year’s edition of Dialogues de Corps festival, hosted by the Centre de Développement chorégraphique La Termitière from December 14 to 24, 2018. Born in Côte d’Ivoire, Kadidja Tiemanta is an emerging dancer and choreographer based in Bamako.…
Bérengère Brooks, theatre director and AMA grantee, travelled from Dakar (Senegal) to Tunis (Tunisia) to participate in the 2018 edition of the Journées théâtrales de Carthage Festival. She was in Carthage from December 10 to 16. Born in France and trained in Great Britain, Bérengère Brooks has lived and worked in Africa for more than…
AMA is proud to announce that Ouafa Belgacem, founder and CEO of Culture Funding Watch, has been awarded a mobility grant as part of Session 30 of its grants programme. AMA was able to allocate funds to Ms. Belgacem’s trip thanks to a small supplement remaining at the end of its granting session. Ouafa is…
Alim Kamara, multidisciplinary storyteller and AMA grantee, travelled from Freetown (Sierra Leone) to Nairobi (Kenya), to participate in the Re-Imagined Storytelling Festival, organized by Positive African between December 11 and 15, 2018. An award-winning hip-hop artist and storyteller, Alim has travelled the world performing and leading artistic, motivational and black history workshops to inspire the…
