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…
Last weekend, AMA grantee Achiro Patricia Olwoch travelled from Entebe, Uganda to Cape Town, South Africa, in order to participate in the Women Playwrights International Conference (June 28-July 4). Born in exile in Nairobi and raised in the UK, Achiro Patricia Olwoch is a novelist, editor, screenwriter and playwright now based in Gulu, Northern Uganda.…
Alexandria-based AMA grantee Amany El-Sawy travels to Cape Town today to participate in the Women Playwrights International Conference (June 28-July 3). Amany El-Sawy is a lecturer in the English department at the Faculty of Education of Alexandria University. Her field of specialization is contemporary British theatre. While her career has to date been focused on…
AMA is now accepting applications for projects taking place between September 15, 2015 and January 15, 2016. Interested applicants can find the application guidelines and form here. **Please note that the application form has changed.** Deadline for applications: July 15, 2015, 6 pm WAT (West African Time) Candidates will be notified of the results on August…
AMA is pleased to announce the grantees of Session 27 (March 2015) of its mobility grants programme. Of the eighty grant applicants, twenty were awarded grants: • Ms. Ada Jeanne Umugwaneza (dancer, Rwanda): Ms. Umugwaneza will be travelling from Kigali to Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, to participate in “Du geste à la danse,” the first module…
Antananarivo-based AMA grantee Oliva Randrianasolo is currently in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal to participate in “Du geste à la danse,” a 2-month series of workshops (April 6-June 13) on traditional and contemporary African dance at the École des Sables. Ms. Randrianasolo is a dancer with the Compagnie Tahala in Antananarivo. Passionate for dance since childhood, she…
Lomé-based AMA grantee Anique Dovi Afi is currently in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal to participate in “Du geste à la danse,” a 2-month series of workshops (April 6-June 13) on traditional and contemporary African dance at the École des Sables. The 22-year-old Ms. Dovi Afi is a dancer and actor with five years of professional experience.…
AMA grantee Ada Jeanne Umugwaneza is currently in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal to participate in “Du geste à la danse,” a 2-month series of workshops (April 6-June 13) on traditional and contemporary African dance at the École des Sables. Based in Kigali, Rwanda, Ms. Umugwaneza has been training in traditional Rwandan dances since 2007 and in…
Today, AMA grantees Bonaya Doti Ibrahim, Salad Dibi Duba and Fatima Jarso Guyo will travel from Nairobi, Kenya to Stone Town, Zanzibar to participate in the 12th edition of the Sauti za Busara international music festival (February 12-15). Bonaya Doti Ibrahim is a vocalist hailing from the Konso ethnic community in the remote region of…
Today, the members of Collective Afreekyama (Lehchili Mostepha Amine, Labib Benslama, Hamza Oualid) travel from Algiers, Algeria to Accra, Ghana for a month-long stay during which they will be exploring the local music scene and creating fusion music with Ghanaian musicians. Collective Afreekyama is a multimedia collaborative platform of musicians, journalists, filmmakers, photographers and visual…
