Music In Africa Live broadcast schedule announced

The MIAL project assists musicians and the industry at large to navigate the challenges and new realities introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering all African countries, the aim of MIAL is to offer financial support to operators, to enable them to create high-quality works and promote, market and showcase their content to a wider global audience – primarily via digital means.

All live performances will be broadcast on Fridays and Saturdays at 6pm CAT on the Music In Africa Facebook page starting 28 November. This will be the first phase of streams presented by the MIAF, with Phase 2 commencing in mid-January.

Additionally, the content will be broadcast on the Pan African Music publication’s Facebook page through a media partnership with the MIAF.

The wide-ranging programme of events will see some of the most talked-about musicians from across the continent showcase their latest compositions, many of which were written during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Some 17 production companies from 12 African countries were selected to create digital productions that could support local artists during the global pandemic. A MIAL jury of knowledgeable music professionals also selected six organisations to produce capacity-building content, including critical-skills training for music professionals to navigate the new challenges and transformations of the industry. This content will be shared by the MIAF in due course.

MIAL live digital showcases for November-December 2020 (all performances to be broadcast from 6pm CAT):

• Saturday, 28 November – Orgasmic Music Gallery presents Blues Rock and Roots ft. Urban Village, Albert Frost Trio & Tubatsi Moloi, Congo Cowboys and The Black Cat Bones. (South Africa)  
• Friday, 4 December – Studio Sankara presents Awadi, Korka, Boubacar Diallo and Maestro. (Senegal)
• Saturday, 5 December – Rooftop Promotions presents the Embrace Concert ft. Vuyo Brown. (Zimbabwe)
• Friday, 11 December – Creative Education and Empowerment Zanzibar presents Contemporary Zanzibar – The Sound of the new Generation ft. Siti & the Band and Zenji Boy. (Tanzania/Zanzibar)
• Saturday, 12 December – Akacia Productions presents the Tunes concert ft. Gultrah Sound System, Dendri Stambeli Movement and Yuma. (Tunisia)
• Friday, 18 December – Teka Works presents TEKA 360 ft. Spoek Mathambo, Batuk, Laliboi, Vukazithathe, Yolanda Fyrus and Manyelo Dafro. (South Africa)
• Saturday, 19 December – Mushroom Hour Half Hour presents Unplugged Mushrooms ft. Zoë Modiga, The Muffinz, Sibusile Xaba, Melo B Jones, Linda Sikhahane and Q.

The second broadcast phase will commence in January 2021. The full line-up will be announced soon.

Visit the Music In Africa Live website for more information.

About Music In Africa Live

Thousands of African musicians have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has occasioned unprecedented lockdowns and restrictions across the continent. African musicians and professionals traditionally make a living from live performances, and now they find themselves in extreme difficulty.

The Music In Africa Live project is one of a number of new projects that the Music In Africa Foundation is introducing this year to support music professionals in Africa.

The project is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, Siemens Stiftung and Goethe-Institut.

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