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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5 figures féminines du gospel en Afrique

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Dena Mwana

Dena Mwana est une compositrice et interprète congolaise. Dès l’âge de 13 ans, elle fait ses débuts dans la chanson, avec le chœur Notre Dame de Grâce de Kinshasa (RDC), dont elle devient 5 ans plus tard la directrice.

Elle se révèle au grand public en 1996, sur un clip pour la paix, qu’elle réalise avec un groupe d’écoliers de Kinshasa. En 2006 elle s’installe aux États-Unis et sort 5 ans plus tard (2011), son premier album gospel qu’elle titre Hosanna

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Anne Elisabeth Mamina Kandé

Le chant et la musique ont bercé la tendre enfance de cette native de Dakar (Sénégal). Ses parents ne manquaient jamais l’occasion de chanter en famille, faisant vibrer en elle, cette fibre mélodieuse qui la mènera plus tard, dans le monde de l’art.

En effet, celle que le public appelle affectueusement « Mamina », s’est initiée très tôt au chant. Après être passée par plusieurs chorales, elle s’impose en lead au sein du chœur Hosanna de Dakar.

 En 2014, elle reçoit des mains du nonce apostolique Louis Mariano Montemayor, un oscar, à la grande nuit du chant choral au Sénégal.

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Chantal Bobo

Difficile de parler de chant choral en Centrafrique, sans évoquer le nom de cette soprano. Après avoir évolué durant plusieurs années, au sein de la chorale de Sion, une église protestante de Bangui (Centrafrique), Chantal forme avec son époux, Élisé Bobo, un choeur mixte, qui compte près d’une cinquantaine de membres. Le groupe se fait une renommée à l’échelle nationale et multiplie les sorties à travers le continent.

En 2017, Chantal sort avec sa chorale, le titre « Jésus mon amour ».

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Marie Misamu

Elle commence à chanter dès l’âge de 11 ans, dans le style gospel auquel l’initie un évangéliste congolais du nom de Del. Marie Misamu est toute jeune, quand elle entre en studio la première fois, pour la réalisation de l’album Musamaliya de son mentor. Elle y retournera une seconde fois, toujours avec Del, pour la production de l’opus Nazhirea, dont le titre « Reconnaissance » connaîtra un grand succès auprès des amoureux du chant choral.

Malheureusement décédée le 16 janvier 2016, l’historien français Sébastien Fath voit en elle « une grande pionnière de l’histoire du gospel africain, qu’il faudra un jour écrire ».

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Judith Sephuma

Passionnée de gospel dès son jeune âge, cette chanteuse sud-africaine intègre plusieurs chorales dans lesquelles, elle travaille sa belle voix soul. Mais c’est finalement dans l’univers du jazz, qu’elle va débuter sa carrière.

Après plus d’une décennie dans ce genre musical qui lui réussit pourtant bien, Judith choisit de renouer avec le gospel en 2017, en sortant un album de 17 titres, tous exécutés dans le registre du chant choral. Grâce à cet opus qu’elle titre My worship life, elle reçoit en 2017, une récompense à la nuit des National Choral Music Archievement (NACMA) Awards.

Pour plus d’information, veuillez consulter le site officiel des Word Choir Games ici.

À propos de World Choir Games

Les World Choir Games sont nés de la volonté de rassembler des personnes de tous les pays et de toutes les origines. Ceux-ci offrent un niveau de compétition juste et réaliste aux chorales expérimentées ainsi qu’à celles qui ont relativement peu d’expérience internationale.

L’événement comprend deux compétitions différentes, le Concours des Champions et le Concours Ouvert. Ces deux compétitions permettent aux chorales de choisir leur niveau de compétition approprié.

Les chorales qui veulent participer mais hors-compétition peuvent prendre part à des activités d’évaluation non-compétitives.
L’événement est soutenu par Gauteng Tourism Authority et City of Tshwane.

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