Centre for Indigenous Instrumental Music and Dance Practices of Africa (CIIMDA)

The Centre for Indigenous Instrumental Music and Dance Practices of Africa, or CIIMDA for short, aims to promote and advance the learning of the philosophy, theory and human meaning of African instrumental music and dance practices in classroom music education in SADC countries. Such a critical knowledge base will enhance the human integrity and cultural pride of the average African person anywhere in the world. CIIMDA researches, promotes and advances Africa's indigenous cultural heritage in which the musical arts is a most important knowledge area.

This project, which offers skill in indigenous musical arts knowledge and practice, started in 2004 in partnership with Concert Norway, Rikskonsertene, and is funded by the Norwegian Foreign Office. There are currently six countries involved: Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, and Zambia.