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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Fally Ipupa : Tokoss

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Les albums se suivent et s’enchaînent ! Après celui de Ferré Gola , c’est Fally Ipupa qui nous balance Tokooos, le quatrième album d’une carrière solo commencé en 2006, un album fortement attendu en raison notamment des titres tels que « Kiname » et « Eloko o’yo ».

J’ai écouté les morceaux le nouvel album de Fally dès sa sortie le 07 juillet dernier.

18 chansons pour 60 minutes ? Je me dis que mes yeux et mon cerveau me jouent des tours. Oui j’ai bien lu. Donc ici se trouve la première bonne surprise de cet album : une moyenne de trois minutes 30 secondes par chanson, avec « Siamois », tout le monde danse, et « Na lingui yé» (avec MHD) faisant moins de trois minutes.

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Malheureusement je ne peux prendre aucun crédit d’avoir influencé l’artiste sur la longueur des chansons mais il est bon de savoir que Fally s’est entouré de personnes qui comprennent cette notion de ne pas nous servir des morceaux kilométriques.

En comparaison avec notre étalon d’or qui est Emotion, (album de Papa Wemba qu’on peut écouter en moins de 60 minutes), si Tokooos ne comportait que 11 chansons, ce serait un album de 33 minutes, donc 5 minutes plus courts qu’« Emotion », quelle performance ! Donc bravo l’artiste !

Pas de « name dropping » (mabanga, dédicaces), pas de citation d’illustres inconnus- ni d’illustres connus. Il cite rapidement un nom sur le titre « Kiname », et après plus rien.

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Donc il est possible pour un artiste congolais de chanter sans mabanga. A y voir de plus près, les albums sans dédicaces sont l’œuvre de maisons de production basées hors des frontières congolaises qui comprennent les exigences de l’industrie musicale internationale. Second bravo !

Avec cet album, nous sommes loin du Fally que nous avons connu et apprécié à travers ces trois premiers albums. Nous sommes loin des rumbas, loin des sebenes (style rythmé de façon dansante par les percussions) avec les frénésies de guitares et batteries, loin des cris des atalakus (animateurs). On est loin de Bandal, un quartier populaire de Kinshasa qui a vu grandir l’artiste.

Tokooos est un album expérimental : ni hip-hop, ni afrotrap, ni afropop, ni rumba Dans une interview au journal Le Monde il dit ceci : « Moi, je ne fais pas de l’afropop mais du tokooos, de la musique congolaise urbaine internationale ».

De la musique urbaine, avec parfois des paroles vides de sens comme dans « Jeudi Soir »:

Je sais ce que ton IPhone cache, tu sais ce que mon IPhone cache.

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Après le premier morceau « Kiname », s’ensuit « Esengo » – la joie/le bonheur en lingala-, le morceau le plus proche de ses racines kinoises en termes de paroles et de rythme, qui se rapproche du single « Original » :

Benga maman, benga papa…Kinshasa derrière moi on va célébrer….Bandalungwa derrière moi on va célébrer…………Esengo ezali yé, esengo ezali yé….

Dans « Mannequin », on remarque la présence des stars françaises telles que Keblack et Naza. Les titres « Champ » et « Posa » viennent briser la monotonie d’une suite de morceaux que j’ai moins appréciée.

La chanson qui a été la plus traumatisante est « Nidja » avec la mégastar R. Kelly. Les premières 90 secondes, Fally chante en anglais (disons simplement pas bon), et puis survient R. Kelly, qui avec ce featuring donne du sens à la chanson.

Avec cet album l’artiste a pris un pari qu’il faut saluer. Un pari que de nombreux artistes, dont Ferre que je critiquais récemment, hésitent à prendre. Fally a décidé de sortir de sa zone de confort, en faisant une nouvelle expérience.

C’est ce qu’il faut retenir de Tokooos.  Musicalement l’album est appréciable. Le mérite pour Fally est d’être sorti de sa zone de confort, pour tenter une autre expérience, une nouvelle aventure musicale.

Coup de chapeau l’artiste !

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