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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Ismaïl Touré, le fondateur du légendaire groupe sénégalais Touré Kunda est mort

Home/Non classé/Ismaïl Touré, le fondateur du légendaire groupe sénégalais Touré Kunda est mort

C’est en 1975, qu’Ismaïl débarque le premier en France, suivi par ses frères Amadou, Sixu et Ousmane quelques années plus tard.

Avant de former le groupe Touré Kunda, Ismaïl a d’abord été membre du West African Cosmos où il jouera aux cotés de l’artiste sénégalais, Wasis Diop. En 1977, avec Sixu il forme son premier groupe, Ismaela Do Sixu. ils sortent leur premier album en 1979 qui inclus leur premier tube « Emma ». Suivront pleins d’autres ; « Karadindi », « Fatou Yo  », « Natalia » etc…

Grâce à des promoteurs africains établis en France comme Mamadou Konté d’Africa Fête, le groupe s’impose rapidement comme l’un des groupes africains phare dans la capitale française. Pour étoffer encore plus le groupe, Amadou rejoindra alors ses deux frères et ils forment un trio exceptionnel qui connaît alors un véritable succès ; ils seront malheureusement freinés en 1983 quand Amadou décède lors d’un concert. Ousmane rejoindra alors Ismael et Sixu dans l’aventure, pour permettre au Touré Kunda de reprendre d’assaut la scène.

En 1999, le groupe fête ses vingt ans de carrière avec la sortie de l’album Légende et d’une série de compilations. En avril 2002, le groupe décide de revenir en Casamance, cette région du sud du Sénégal d’où il est originaire.

Touré Kunda participe à plusieurs projets militants comme en 2003 avec l’album Drop the debt, réunissant des artistes africains et français pour l’annulation de la dette des pays en voie de développement, ou en 2003 avec le CD Un bateau pour la Casamance pour venir en aide aux familles des disparus du naufrage du Joola et récolter des fonds pour l’achat d’un nouveau navire assurant la liaison Dakar – Ziguinchor. Tous les grands noms de la musique sénégalaise tels Thione Seck, Omar Pène, Baaba Maal, Didier Awadi ou encore Ismaël Lô participent au projet.

Touré Kunda revient sur le devant de la scène avec Santhiaba qui sort en mai 2008 et fait référence au quartier de Ziguinchor où les deux chanteurs ont grandi. En 2015 à l’occasion du « Caravane Tour », ils renouent avec le public sénégalais avec trois concerts à Ziguinchor, Dakar et Saint-Louis.

En 2017, ils participent à Marseille au festival Africa Fête en hommage à leur grand ami Mamadou Konté, disparu en 2007 à Dakar au Sénégal.

Le dernier album en date d’Ismaïl et Sixu, Lambi Golo évoque la lutte traditionnelle sénégalaise ; il est paru en 2018. Sur ce disque on retrouve Alune Wade à la basse, Seckou Keita à la kora, Hervé Samb à la guitare, le claviériste malien Cheick Tidiane Seck, le batteur ivoirien Paco Sery, le saxophoniste camerounais Manu Dibango et le chanteur congolais Lokua Kanza.

Les Touré Kunda ont marqué de leur empreinte les années 70 et 80. Les frères Touré de Ziguinchor ont participé à la révolution et à la modernisation de la musique africaine. Ils sont les précurseurs d’une musique urbaine africaine, aux influences pop et reggae.

Leur succès sans précédent pour une formation africaine au début des années 1980 en France, a ouvert la voie à tous les grands noms de la musique du continent, de Mory Kanté à Youssou N’Dour, en passant par Manu Dibango. Avec la disparition d’Ismaïl ce matin dans la capitale française, c’est un chapitre de la musique africaine qui se ferme, sa mort marque peut-être aussi la fin d’une des formations africaines les plus emblématiques de l’histoire de la musique…

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