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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Achref Chargui, président des JMC 2018 : « la musique existe pour qu’on soit tous ensemble »

Home/Non classé/Achref Chargui, président des JMC 2018 : « la musique existe pour qu’on soit tous ensemble »

Les JMC 2018, que peut-on en retenir de façon brève ?

Les JMC qui ont une dimension multiculturelle avec déjà comme slogan « il y a de la place pour tout le monde », entendent promouvoir la diversité culturelle. On dit souvent que les esprits se rencontrent, les rêves naissent et les promesses se concrétisent.

Regardez par exemple un Monsieur comme Tarek Al Arabi Tarkan, je lui ai dit tout à l’heure, quand je l’ai rencontré : je suis un de vos fans puisque j’ai grandi avec votre musique. Mais il m’a répondu : « Non ! Vous êtes mon enfant ». Pour lui, il n’a que des enfants un peu partout dans le monde arabe. La musique n’a ni couleur, ni religion.

Ce sont des vibrations, des sensations. C’est de l’énergie qui peut entrer dans nos veines, dans notre cœur et sans permission. C’est ça la beauté, la magie de la musique. Et notre rencontre aujourd’hui fait de la Tunisie la capitale de la culture, de l’art. Un point de rencontre internationale, avec une panoplie d’activités artistiques et culturelles, une concentration médiatique qui est extraordinaire.

Aussi pouvez-vous voir, on est deux générations mais avec la musique, on a tous le même âge. On nous a souvent fait entendre concernant les activités de ce festival, « vous avez coupé avec la l’ancienne génération ou vice-versa ». Ce qui maintenant n’est pas possible, la programmation et les artistes invités en disent long. D’ailleurs la musique existe pour qu’on soit tous ensemble.

« De la place pour tout le monde » c’est quand même dense comme phrase, surtout quand nous sommes en musique.

Effectivement. Il y a pratiquement plus qu’une vingtaine d’années que ça a toujours été sur un même style et du coup on a appris qu’il y a des artistes qui se sont sentis un peu marginalisés or c’est un festival international qui voudrait s’ouvrir à plusieurs cultures.

Alors aujourd’hui vous pouvez remarquer l’ouverture, avec des experts venus de partout ; une présence de journalistes du monde entier ; plusieurs thématiques comme celles des Kids –pour les enfants- et on a même invité Tarek Al Arabi Tarkan, un chanteur dont nous avons tous grandi avec le répertoire musical. Il y a également des chanteurs venus d’autres horizons, avec d’autres styles comme entre autres Lucky Peterson des États-Unis.

Pourquoi avoir choisi de mettre en exergue l’Oud pendant cette édition ?

L’Oud, qui est un luth, représente toute une culture et date de plus de 3000 ans. C’est personnellement mon instrument de prédilection. C’est un des plus anciens instruments qui existent dans le monde Arabe.

C’est aussi un instrument qui représente l’identité nationale tunisienne avec ses approches arabo-musulmanes ou carrément orientales. Je suis aussi fan d’autres instruments qui sont typiques et sortent du oud de la Tunisie, par exemple le guembri car il y a le oud purement tunisien qui est encore plus ancien que l’oud lui-même.

Mais le Guembri a une culture plus berbère. C’est donc pour tout ça que nous avons pensé au premier symposium international du oud qui se tient les 4, 5 et 6 des Journées musicales de Carthage.

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