Grantee on the road: Mamle Kabu

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…

Grantee on the road: John Namai

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,…

Grantee on the road: Hafedh Zalit

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…

Grantee on the road: Laeila Adjovi

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…

Grantee on the road: Kadidja Tiemanta

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.…

Grantee on the road: Alim Kamara

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…