Project region: Southern Africa
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Creatives Garage – AfriKera Dance Theatre Hub – Bluez Cafe
Working at the intersection of culture and human rights, the project will create three multidisciplinary (music, spoken word, dance and food) public platforms for freedom of expression and community engagement at Creatives Garage (Nairobi), AfriKera Dance Theatre Hub (Harare) and Bluez Cafe (Bulawayo). The project strives to present the potential of the arts as a…
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Bustop Tv
See to Say The ‘See to Say’ project promotes the right to freedom of expression, education, accountability, transparency, and democratic values and ideas. Zimbabwe has been experiencing a new government management since the November 2017 ‘coup’. Bustop Tv believes that these new developments need to be monitored and that all issues should be made clear…
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Afro Tokyo
Tsitsi/Exe-Cute Afro Tokyo will produce a 3D animated short film that addresses the issues faced by people in African society who have the rare skin conditions albinism and vitiligo. The film will follow the story of Tsitsi, a Zimbabwean girl born with vitiligo. The plot follows her journey through life, fighting her way through social…
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Mingoli FM
My Urban Committee ‘My Urban Committee’ is a programme that will feature one presenter and a panel of young people discussing different issues arising within their community. They will cover topics such as survival and crime in ghetto areas, gender equality, and the role of women in society. ‘My Urban Committee’ will provide a platform…
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Umuntu
PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE is a multimedia journey through the evolution of Zimbabwe. By utilising different mediums including video production, visual effects, animation and augmented reality, the project creates an immersive experience that takes each viewer through time: beginning with the great Ancient Empires, through colonisation and liberation to the present – a time plagued by poverty,…
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Women’s History Museum
SHE LEADS The Women’s History Museum will create a 20-minute podcast that explores female ‘hidden figures’ in Zambia’s history, who have contributed to the narrative of Zambia’s historical and contemporary trajectory. The group wants to explore how this narrative challenges the notion that gender inequality and women’s exclusion from leadership positions is a cultural norm.…
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Zimbabwe Deaf Media Trust
Deaf performing arts ZDMT plans to work on documenting Deaf oral literature in Zimbabwe through the use of new media. The group will develop a Deaf entertainment site to promote Deaf artistic work and challenge the stereotype that music/dance is chiefly linked to sound. Content will be repurposed into various formats, such as images, infographics,…
