NEFCISA
NEFCISA

The Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) is proud of its partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) as a Strategic Implementing Partner (SIP) for its Social Employment Fund (SEF). Through this collaboration, MIAF is running a national programme that is creating jobs, addressing skills gaps, and strengthening South Africa's creative industries — in line with the SEF's overarching goal to generate work for the common good and build community value through employment, social contribution, and inclusive economic participation. Operating under the banner NEFCISA (National Employment Facility for Creative Industries in South Africa), the initiative is recruiting and training participants, matching them with host organisations, and has already placed 1 500 workers across the country — surpassing its original target of 1 000. NEFCISA is delivered through a network of 20 host organisations spanning five provinces, who are actively hosting participants and contributing to work for the common good across South Africa's creative and cultural industries. Key Objectives: Support employment and entrepreneurship in the creative industries. Offer skills development and training programmes. Foster partnerships between public and private creative sectors. Promote South African creativity at both provincial and national levels Foster community development through social contribution.

ACCES
ACCES

ACCES Conference and Showcase Festival is Africa's leading music industry gathering, bringing together the people shaping the future of the continent's music business. Artists, entrepreneurs, executives, investors, policymakers and cultural leaders from across Africa and around the world come to ACCES to build partnerships, exchange ideas, discover talent and create new business opportunities. Since its launch in 2017, ACCES has become the continent's premier platform for professional exchange and music market development. Combining a high-level conference with a curated showcase festival, networking, exhibitions and industry programmes, ACCES offers a unique space where creativity meets business and where African music connects with the global industry.

Gender@Work
Gender@Work

Music In Africa Gender @ Work is a three-year training programme aimed at upskilling and increasing the participation of female professionals in the African music sector. Launched by the Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) in April 2019, the programme is connected to the MIAF’s ACCES music conference – a pan-African event held in a different African country every year. This connection enables the programme to reach new participants in a different African country every year. The programme marks the beginning of a more concerted effort by the Foundation to support the participation and inclusion of women in all facets of its programmes and the music sector in Africa as a whole. Over the three years, the programme will aim to address gender imbalances in the sector through training, lobbying, facilitating knowledge exchange and dialogues that foster the interest of women. The broader objectives of the programme are to: Provide industry training for women on critical music industry skills, focusing on: Stage management Electronic music production and recording Music business management Technical knowledge Provide an opportunity for both professional and aspiring women to benefit from the Music In Africa network and its broad range of activities in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Provide a solution-based platform in the form of a round table at ACCES with a view to identify challenges, discuss opportunities and lobby for the interests of female practitioners. Offer participants the opportunity to benefit from programmes offered by MIAF’s partners. Increase access to educational materials. Integrate participants in the broader ACCES programme to maximise experience and exposure to the industry. Record and present training materials on the www.musicinafrica.net, including but not limited to tutorials, templates and other best-practice materials. Communicate women-based themes that support the initiatives and messages of the programme. MAIN TRAINING ACTIVITIES Training in first country (Ghana): In the first year, participants will be trained on all aspects of stage management by a team of experienced stage managers from 10 to 17 November 2019. The programme will offer robust classroom training as well as practical, hands-on training in which participants will also be given the opportunity to manage various aspects of the ACCES performance programme. Training in second country: The second training iteration will take place at ACCES 2020 when the programme will diversify its course to include music production lessons and training on other music business topics. A round-table platform will also be introduced to coincide with the ACCES programme. Training in third country: The third training iteration will take place at ACCES 2021 in a different country, offering an advanced course. HOW DO YOU GET INVOLVED?  As a participant, facilitator or trainer: The programme enrolls up to 12 trainees every year. All opportunities are advertised publicly on this website, and will be added to this page. Please keep checking this page for new calls (below under UPDATES & CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES). As a partner Please contact Claire Metais at [email protected]. APPLY The call for applications for 2020 will be announced soon. The Music In Africa Gender @ Work programme is made possible with the support of the Prince Claus Fund, Siemens Stiftung and Goethe-Institut.

Sound Connects Fund
Sound Connects Fund

For cultural and creative practitioners and organisations operating in southern Africa, access to funding remains a major challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic has also had a massive impact on government policy, spending and the economy in general, and has seen spending on culture being moved further down the list of priorities. Further, the cultural and creative industries repeatedly cite four main areas where investment is needed for growth, which are increased visibility, mobility including access to new markets, finance and support structures.

Instrument Building And Repair Project
Instrument Building And Repair Project

Experience the Vibrations African Instruments Exhibition online in 3D

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Les 50 ans de Zaïko Langa Langa célébrés avec faste à Bruxelles

Home/Non classé/Les 50 ans de Zaïko Langa Langa célébrés avec faste à Bruxelles

« Na Bruxelles Malembe, ba nani batiaki tembe na Zaïko na Nga ewolo ooo. Il est 23 h passées de quelques minutes au Bozar de Bruxelles lorsque Jossart Nyoka Longo, le leader du groupe, lance ce célèbre cri connu des fans de l’orchestre, un des plus populaires de la RDC, qui donnait un concert au festival Afropolitan à Bozar.

Quadrillé par les forces de l’ordre, le Bozar a accueilli un public hétéroclite venu fêter avec « Ya Jossart » (surnom de Nyoka Longo) et toute son équipe qui ont égayé l’assistance avec les célèbres tubes de Zaïko Langa Langa, des plus anciens aux plus récents à savoir : « Mbeya Mbeya », « Muvaro » ou encore le fameux « Mukongo ya Koba ». Le public a ainsi vibré au rythme de plusieurs danses qui ont forgé la notoriété de Zaïko ces cinquante dernières années.

Tout au début du concert, le directeur des opérations du Bozar, Albert Wastiaux, s’est dit honoré de recevoir le groupe Zaïko sur la scène du Bozar, où ont presté d’autres stars mondiales. Pour immortaliser le passage du groupe mythique congolais, il a invité son leader à inscrire, pour la postérité, quelques lignes dans le livre d’or du Bozar.

Par ailleurs, dans le registre des témoignages, il a été rappelé que Jossart Nyoka Longo est le seul musicien de Zaïko présent dans le groupe depuis sa création jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Un parcours rythmé par des hauts et des bas et qui a fait dire à Jossart Nyoka Longo qu’il a toujours été « combattu, parfois battu, mais jamais abattu ».

En outre, « Ya Jossart » a également rendu hommage à tous les anciens membres de cet ensemble musical, principalement à Papa Wemba, co-fondateur de Zaïko Langa Langa.

Nyoka Longo a ainsi rappelé que Zaïko Langa Langa est né des cendres de Bel Guide, un orchestre qu’ils avaient créé et qui ne s’étaient jamais produit sur scène. C’est le 24 décembre 1969, après la brillante audition de Papa Wemba, en vue d’intégrer la formation musicale, que les dirigeants de Bel Guide ont décidé de le dissoudre et d’en créer un nouveau qui deviendra Zaïko Langa Langa.

La veille du concert, une table-ronde a été organisée au Bozar consacrée à l’histoire de Zaïko, en présence de Jossart, qui y a notamment évoqué différents événements qui ont émaillé l’histoire de Zaïko, notamment les départs de musiciens comme Papa Wemba et Manuaku Waku ainsi que la traversée du désert du groupe dans les années 2000 caractérisée par son arrestation en Belgique, où il a passé trois ans en prison.

Le patron de Zaïko a fait savoir qu’à Kinshasa les festivités liées à la célébration du 50e anniversaire de Zaïko débuteront le 24 avril, jour du décès de Papa Wemba. Rappelons qu’après plusieurs années d’absence, le groupe avait sorti l’année dernière, un nouvel album intitulé Sève.

Article original publié le 2 mars 2020 sur Adiac-Congo.

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