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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« Nini tosali te » : l’émouvant cri du cœur de MPR

Home/Non classé/« Nini tosali te » : l’émouvant cri du cœur de MPR

Dépeindre les réalités locales en RDC n’est pas nouveau pour MPR. Mais, cette fois le groupe de rap lâche dans « Nini tosali te » (traduit par Que n’avons-nous pas fait ?), un émouvant cri de cœur face à ce qu’il considère comme « une souffrance de trop ».

« 61 ans après l’indépendance du Congo, rien n’a changé. Élections ou pas, c’est pareil », font remarquer Yuma et Zozo Machine, le duo qui forme MPR, Musique populaire de la Révolution (NDLR: Musique populaire de la Révolution, est un clin d’œil au Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution, parti politique fondé par Mobutu Sese Seko, l’ancien président du Zaïre et qui fut pendant des années le parti unique du pays.)

Les deux rappeurs passent en revue tous les maux de leur pays. « Ces problèmes sociaux » à savoir : le chômage, la pauvreté, l’éducation, l’insécurité, déjà mentionnés dans leur précédente sortie musicale, qui ne trouvent malheureusement pas de solutions.

Pour eux, le constat est sans appel. « De Mobutu à Félix Tshisekedi (l’ancien et l’actuel chef de l’État congolais), la situation demeure chaotique », tranche le duo congolais.

Le titre de MPR a fait l’effet d’une bombe. Artistes, mouvements citoyens et de personnalités politiques ont réagi quelques heures après la diffusion de la chanson.

« C’est une interpellation des jeunes pour que l’État fasse davantage et l’État le fera. Autant l’État doit faire, autant les jeunes doivent continuer à faire », a commenté Patrick Muyaya, ministre des médias et porte-parole du gouvernement.

« Un cantique de désespoir » écrit pour sa part le mouvement citoyen Lucha sur les réseaux sociaux. Youssoupha, lui, salue le talent du groupe. « Une fierté », poste le rappeur franco-congolais.

« Nini tosali te » dont le clip est suivi plus d’un million de vues quelques jours seulement après sa sortie, a été censurée mardi par la commission nationale des censures, le gendarme de bonnes mœurs en RDC.

Le titre du groupe MPR ainsi que sa vidéo sont interdites de diffusion à la télévision et à la radio. La chanson n’aurait pas reçu l’aval de la commission pour sa diffusion dans les médias. Est également interdite de diffusion, la chanson « Lettre à Ya Tshishi » qui tacle l’actuel président congolais.

La mesure a suscité un tollé dans le pays. La ministre de la Justice Rose Mutombo et le Bureau conjoint des Nations Unies aux droits l’homme ont invité la commission de censure à lever cette interdiction. « Par leurs œuvres, les artistes véhiculent des idées et sensibilisent la société sur divers sujets. Restreindre la diffusion d’œuvres culturelles devrait être une exception », a indiqué dans un tweet l’organisation onusienne.

En seulement trois ans de carrière musicale, MPR, qui compose et interprète essentiellement en lingala, devient  l’un des groupes de hip-hop le plus suivi du moment. Alors qu’il dévoile ce nouveau morceau, leur chanson « Malembe » sortie en février est toujours au top.

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