Maputo-based music educators and AMA grantees Nicolau Napure Feliciano Cauaneque, Americo da Conceição Dinis and Terencio Alberto Tovele are currently in Harare, Zimbabwe to participate in the music education workshops of the Teacher Training Campus organized by the Global Music Academy (December 1-14, 2015). Mr. Cauaneque, M. Dinis and M. Tovele work as music teachers…
Nairobi-based journalist and AMA grantee Wanjeri Yvonne Gakuru is currently in Abeokuta, Nigeria to participate in the Ake Arts & Book Festival (November 17-21, 2015). Wanjeri Yvonne Gakuru has been working as an editor and journalist since 2010. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Nairobi,…
AMA grantee François-Xavier Gbré recently returned from a trip to Rabat, Morocco, where he completed a residency and organized an exhibition in collaboration with Moroccan illustrator Zineb Benjelloun at Kulte Gallery & Editions. His stay extended from September 15 to 30. Born in Lille to a French mother and Ivoirian father, François-Xavier Gbré is a…
Yaoundé-based curator Aude Christel Mgba will travel to Casablanca today to take part in the curatorial training program “Madrassa” organized by NGO L’Atelier de l’Observatoire between October 5 and 9. Since the beginning of her studies in art at the Institut de Formation Artistique in Mbalmayo, Cameroon, Aude Christel Mgba has devoted her life and…
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…
