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

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Charlotte Dipanda (feat. Yemi Alade) - « Sister »

Home/Non classé/Charlotte Dipanda (feat. Yemi Alade) – « Sister »

Charlotte Dipanda doit le succès de son nouvel opus, au titre« Sister », dont le clip a été mis en ligne le 3 avril dernier. L’oeuvre a été vue plus d’un million de fois (1 954 778 pour être précis) et a collecté des milliers de likes sur YouTube.

Trois éléments pourraient expliquer ce carton.

La collaboration avec Yemi

Yemi Alade est certainement l’une des chanteuses africaines les plus en vue du moment. Son tube « Johnny », avec ses 85 millions de vues, est le titre le plus regardé pour un artiste africain. S’associer à elle, représente pour Charlotte Dipanda, la parfaite occasion de se faire découvrir du public anglophone, qui ne s’intéresse que peu aux musiques francophones. Pas étonnant que la chanteuse camerounaise voit grandir son audience après cette collaboration.  

La parfaite fusion des sonorités camerounaises à l’afrobeat

Charlotte Dipanda exploite bien ses acquis culturels dans son titre. Elle chante essentiellement dans sa langue maternelle, le bakaka ; il faut d’ailleurs préciser qu’elle écrit la grande majorité de ses textes dans cette langue. Dans sa nouvelle oeuvre, on note des influences de bikutsi, de makossa ou encore de ben skin, des genres musicaux très dansants du Cameroun.

Sur « Sister », Charlotte a su allier ce qu’elle a d’authentique à l’afrobeat, le style musical le plus en vogue actuellement sur le continent.

Elle a accueilli dans son univers par Yemi Alade, qui a d’ailleurs repris le refrain en bakaka et chanté quelques mots français à la minute 3 du morceau. L’artiste nigériane a fait montre de capacité d’adaptation et d’ouverture d’esprit, de quoi l’imaginer chanter un jour sur de la rumba congolaise.

Le message et la qualité du clip vidéo

La chanson évoque l’amitié et le soutien inconditionnel d’une sœur. « Oh darling sista of mine, you catch me anytime I want to fall » (Oh ma chère sœur, tu es toujours là pour me rattraper quand je veux chuter), chante Yemi.

Le monde des femmes est le plus souvent fait de compétitions et de mépris, mais les deux chanteuses prônent le rapprochement, le soutien et la solidarité. Un message pertinent, qui ne donne que plus de poids à la réalisation.

Le décor afrocentrique en arrière-plan, rend hommage à la beauté et à la splendeur de la femme noire. Elles sont nombreuses dans le clip, élégamment vêtues de tenues africaines et leurs rayonnants visages semblent dire : « Nous sommes l’Afrique et nous restons attachées à nos cultures ».

Plus loin dans le clip, on voit Charlotte et Yemi apparaître dans des tenues de ville. Une sorte d’hommage à cette Afrique, qui a su trouver le bon équilibre entre modernité et traditions.

« Sister » a été réalisé sans trop de fantaisies et d’effets spéciaux. Le clip n’a surement pas nécessité un gros budget, mais il est agréable à regarder. Difficile de résister à cette ode à la solidarité féminine africaine.

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Artistes : Charlotte Dipanda/Yemi Alade
Titre : « Sister »
Album : Un jour dans ma vie
Label & Année : Pharempire, 2018

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