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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Le rap Africain francophone fait-il du suivisme ?

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Crise identitaire

Mais de quelle façon perçoit-on cette évolution en Afrique ? Certains approuvent le fait qu’aujourd’hui le rap soit plus accessible à d’autres formes de musiques et aborde d’autres thématiques plus choquantes (gangsta rap, blingbling, sexe etc.), d’autres par contre ressassent ce temps où le rap africain avait encore quelque chose à dire, avait une identité et était ce mouvement qui pouvait fédérer les masses.

Le rap africain s’est adapté à son époque. La globalisation aidant, tous les jeunes africains s’identifient plus rapidement au lifestyle américain, celui des « billets verts » et des « strippers », des rappeurs exhibant leur nouvelle Porshe sur Instagram ou sur Facebook. Les rappeurs africains sont tous donc tombés dans cette tendance. L’originalité prend un coup car tout le monde veut rapper comme Kaaris, Gucci Mane ou Migos. L’influence de la trap est sans pareille. Tous les sons ou presque, se ressemblent et suivent le même schéma.

Rester collé à la réalité

Mais tous ces clichés traduisent ils réellement le quotidien sur le continent ? Est-ce réellement ce que vivent nos jeunes ? Evidemment non. Nous ne souhaitons nullement dépeindre un tableau sombre de l’Afrique mais ne dit-on pas qu’il est important d’affronter ses démons pour les vaincre ? Ainsi, sommes-nous tous d’accord aujourd’hui que les artistes rappeurs devraient normalement se faire les défenseurs de tous ces maux qui minent le continent.

Entre Ebola qui gagne du terrain et la menace Boko Haram, le rappeur doit se faire le porte-voix de la jeunesse africaine qui le plus souvent n’a pas son mot à dire face aux politiques. Il ne s’agit pas que de dénoncer ou revendiquer mais de rester collé à ses réalités car ce ne sont qu’à travers celles-ci que se reconnaîtra le public. Telle devrait être à notre avis la démarche artistique dans laquelle devrait s’inscrire tout rappeur africain.

Nous avions connu l’époque Eedris Abdul Kareem, Positive Black Soul, Daara J, Raboon, Mauvaiz Haleine, Yeleen etc. et nous nous souviendrons encore longtemps de l’impact apporté par ces rappeurs ainsi que de leur influence sur la scène musicale. Non pas qu’il faille rester dans une logique archaïque et trop puriste de la musique mais savoir faire un véritable pont entre cette essence même du mouvement hip hop, notre identité et le courant actuel du secteur.

Cela revient à se donner une ligne artistique, à s’entourer des gens qu’il faut pour mener à bien sa carrière et surtout avoir une vision claire de ce que l’on veut. Nous avons néanmoins une frange d’artistes, qui bien loin de ces clichés prennent le pas s’efforcent à créer un melting pot, une fusion artistique entre culture US et culture Africaine. La musique du camerounais Jovi en est un exemple patent.

Au-delà même de la créativité dont ils font preuve dans le fond, ils essaient d’adapter la forme aux standards internationaux des rappeurs outre atlantique notamment à travers des vidéos et des visuels de facture honorable ainsi qu’un professionnalisme épatant.

Créer l’émulation

Il reste à beaucoup de rappeurs de rentrer dans la danse. Il ne faut pas plagier la culture américaine mais savoir l’adapter à nos réalités pour créer un truc différent de ce qui se fait habituellement. Un rap festif et commercial certes mais serait ce au détriment de l’essence même de cet art qu’est le hip hop ?

Nous pensons que le plus grand défi est de rendre le rap aussi original et plaisant que possible afin de créer un mouvement solide capable de s’exporter au-delà des frontières.

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