MTN Bushfire 2019 to host informative round table

The workshop will facilitate dialogue between emerging artists and managers with the aim to intensify their knowledge and skills in the creative industry. The round table will also empower creative players and arts organisations to succeed as professionals in the music industry.

What to expect

The workshop will begin with an in-depth focus on the Igoda festival circuit and the opportunities it creates for regional linkages and partnerships. It seeks to bring various music markets and traders together, including Goethe-Institut’s Moving Africa programme, MTN Bushfire and Igoda, with the aim of progressing and facilitating arts mobility in Africa.

The workshop will aim to come up with solutions on how creatives can reduce barriers to mobility. It will also seek to provide the right environment for arts mobility and ensure that information and advice on mobility-related issues is easy to obtain, accurate and comprehensive.

The workshop will look to:

• Create synergy between international festivals, music markets, venues and artists.
• Encourage regional exchange of data and skills.
• Share best practises.
• Develop frameworks for arts mobility.

Who will attend?

The MTN Arts Round Table – Beyond Borders Workshop will address new music markets and events in Africa where artist mobility is effective. To get full insight about artist mobility across the African continent, the workshop organisers have invited festival directors from southern Africa and beyond who will share their experiences in dealing with artists who have performed at their events.

Confirmed delegates include Eddie Hatitye (Music In Africa Foundation, South Africa), Paulo Chibanga (Azgo Festival, Mozambique), Sphe Mbhele (The Music Imbizo, South Africa), Herman Kabubi (DOADOA, Uganda), Yusuf Mahmoud (Sauti za Busara, Zanzibar) and Sharmila Elias (Lake of Stars, Malawi).

Akum Agency’s Jess White will facilitate a session for Swazi artists on how to package a press kit and how to use the Music In Africa platform for the benefit of artists.

Other guests are Menes la Plume (Tumaini Festival, Malawi), (Thabiso Mohare, The British Council), Marc Brebant (Centro Cultural Franco Moçambicano) and Ignacio Priego (Concerts SA).

For more information contact [email protected]