The Campaign to Promote and Strenghten African Arts by Mimeta
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Highlights:

Imagine Africa CD

In cooperation with Mimeta and the Strømme Foundation, Norwegian record company Kirkelig Kulturverksted has produced a CD which is the first in a series that, put together, will offer a piece of the musical picture of the African continent. It presents music by artists and music producers in East Africa. These are artists who continue to live in their own countries, seeking their artistic identity and inspiration there. They mix traditional African elements of style, rhythm and tonality with European and American popular music, keenly aware that the music that has developed in the West has travelled a long and circuitous route. More

Festival on the Niger

The sixth Festival on the Niger, which will take place from 03 to 07 February 2010 in Segou, offers you a unique spectacle, with music and dance from the region, as well as well-known West-African artists, who will play on the river Niger. This years theme will be "Development and Governance". The principal program elements will be a discussion forum (theme: Culture and Governance), art expositions (theme: Water), tales and legends, music and dance, masks and puppets, a craft fair, and workshops.
Visit www.festivalsegou.org

Where: Ségou, Mali
When: 3 - 7 February, '10

Sauti za Busara

Sauti za Busara (Sounds of Wisdom) is an international festival celebrating East African music taking place around the second weekend of February each year in Zanzibar. Around ten groups perform each day. Big names rub shoulders with upcoming artists. Altogether there are thirty of the best groups of Zanzibar, Tanzania and around East Africa, traditional and modern, acoustic and electric. Plus, another ten groups, from Africa and the diaspora. Live music from the late afternoon until after midnight.
Visit www.busaramusic.org

Where: Zanzibar
When: 11 - 16 February '10

Introduction

In the 2007 conference ARTERIAL - vitalizing African cultural assets, the executive director of Goree Institute, Breyten Breytenbach, invited African practioners within arts and reasoning to take part in the creation of a common citizen agora for reflections, debate and expressions.

This campaign was set up as a direct response to Breytens call for action

  • to give African culture activities a common visual expression
  • to demonstrate belonging to a movement
  • to use simple tools for awareness rising
  • to establish a broad concept for fundraising
  • to attract new parties to the African Arts and Culture network
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