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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Mali

In operation since:

2006

Contact person:

Tamikrest

BIO

Tamikrest est un groupe de musiciens touaregs originaires du Mali.

Originaires de la région de Kidal, autour de la ville du même nom, dans le Nord-Est du Mali, ils ont été ensemble à l'école « Les enfants de l'Adra » financée par des fondations européennes et située à Tinzaouaten, une petite ville-oasis dans le Sahara, où ils ont reçu une formation musicale de base.

Leur enfance et leur jeunesse ont été marquées par la guerre civile. Beaucoup ont perdu des membres de leur famille et des amis lors des révoltes touarègues dans les années 1990 à 1995, dans lesquelles ce peuple revendiquait une autonomie plus grande.

Lorsque de nouvelles émeutes éclatent en 2006, Ousmane Ag Mossa et son camarade de classe Cheick Ag Tiglia décident d’utiliser la musique pour soutenir les Touaregs dans leur combat et d'attirer l'attention sur leur situation.

Durant leur adolescence, ils jouaient la plupart du temps les sons traditionnels des Kel Tamashek (ainsi qu'ils se définissent eux-mêmes) ou bien les chansons du groupe touareg Tinariwen, qui mélange déjà depuis les années 1980 la musique traditionnelle touareg et la musique occidentale et auquel on compare souvent Tamikrest.

Internet et la diffusion de mp3 amènent plus tard d'autres influences occidentales. On retrouve dans la musique de Tamikrest l'influence de musiciens comme Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd et Mark Knopfler.

D'une rencontre avec le groupe australo-américain Dirtmusic lors du Festival de musique touareg Festival au Désert en 2008 dans la commune malienne d'Essakane, district de Goundam, à environ 70 Kilomètres à l'ouest de Timbuktu, naît une amitié et une coopération artistique.

Tamikrest joue en 2010 sur le deuxième album de Dirtmusic BKO, enregistré en studio à Bamako. C'est lors de ces sessions musicales que le premier album de Tamikrest Adagh voit le jour, produit par Chris Eckman (membre de Dirtmusic et des Walkabouts).

En 2010 les deux groupes partent ensemble en tournée en Europe et jouent entre autres au Sziget Festival et à l’Orange Blossom Special-Festival organisé par Glitterhouse, leur maison de disques commune. Toumastin, leur deuxième album, est enregistré en octobre et à nouveau produit par Chris Eckmann.

Tamikrest a sorti cinq albums : 2009-Adagh; 2011-Toumastin; 2013-Chatma; 2015-Taksera; 2017-Kidal.

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Tamikrest - Imanin bas zihoun

Glitterbeat Records
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