Faim de contes
The creation of the NGO Groupe Efrouba pour la Culture (GREC) in Grand-Lahou (south-western Côte d'Ivoire) was motivated by a group of writers' desire to decentralise the book promotion sector, 95% of whose activities take place in Abidjan. GREC is now multiplying its literary activities in Côte d'Ivoire and on the African continent, and extending its field of intervention to education, tourism, gastronomy, etc.
The main objective of "Faim de contes" is to enhance the oral traditions of Côte d'Ivoire through the promotion and professionalisation of native traditional storytellers. This new project is an opportunity for GREC to acquire human, technical and financial resources to bring together 12 Ivorian storytellers from different regions, to transcribe their stories into works that will be offered to publishers worldwide.
Of Being and Becoming: exploring language and identity in the African cultural space using VR
Open Arts is a collective committed to promoting arts and creative activities. As the organiser of the Hausa International Book and Arts Festival (HIBAF), the foundation prioritises the artworks and stories of people whose voices have been excluded from the global conversation.
The project aims to digitise the meetings, exhibitions, performances and other activities of the 2nd edition of the HIBAF festival in order to archive them and, above all, to recreate them in virtual reality. If the objective of this event is to open discussions on the Hausa language through history, music and arts of the past and present, its VR version will give it more resonance and will allow it to seduce a new public which, thanks to this technology, will be able to immerse itself and wander through the festival in Northern Nigeria, from anywhere in the world.
"Ateliers inventifs" - performance phase
The Min'Art association was founded in 2017 under the impulse of young artists eager for new forms of creation more in line with societal changes. Today, it is expanding its actions to include intervention and cultural mediation projects, as well as training and introducing young people to theatre and dance.
This project follows on from the programme of workshops in favour of young people that the Min'Art association has been developing in the districts of Conakry for two years. Within this framework, 3 distribution centres will be set up in 3 neighbourhoods that do not usually receive any cultural offerings, but which will host contemporary live performances for one year. This project is the first phase of a distribution programme that will be extended to other areas of the city in the following years.
Festival International de Théâtre de l'Afrique de l'Ouest - FITAO Casamance en Scène
Through its animation and awareness-raising activities in Africa, the association participates in citizen development. Since 2007, it has organised the annual international West African theatre festival "Casamance en scène", which has become a platform for training and artistic and cultural promotion.
The cancellation of the 2020 edition due to Coronavirus, followed by the introduction of a curfew, turned the organisation and running of the festival upside down. Instead of being held over a week, in 2021, the highlights were spread over several months, and the performances went beyond the walls of the Alliance Française to take over the courtyards of the houses in the Yamatogne neighbourhood. Today, the project intends to perpetuate this new formula, which has proved to be more effective in terms of promotion and distribution among the population.
Cinexale
The Yennenga Centre is the first cultural centre dedicated to cinema in Senegal. A true incubator, it offers training, support for the creation and distribution of films and audiovisual material. It aims to promote local cinema, accessible to all, and to introduce the younger generation to the impact of the image on society.
In 2019, the Yennenga centre launched "Cinexale" to develop a culture of cinema and the image among a young audience. During the first year, 25 children were able to participate in a creative programme, at the end of which 3 short films were made. The Yennenga Centre has been awarded a development fund in order to continue this initiative, to enable more children to benefit from it and to launch a film club specifically for 6-12 year olds.
Valorisation des contenus numériques du Mali à travers la création et la production de jeu vidéo
BAMABIZ production is a communication, audiovisual and event production organisation. Its vocation is to be a laboratory for incubation and innovation in the creation and distribution of digital content and educational video games inspired by African culture.
This training and creative residency project is a logical follow-up to the 3rd edition of the Malian Video Game and Digital Festival, for the professionalisation of young people in the video game sector. Its objective: to train 12 girls and boys in the techniques of this industry and to distribute the content resulting from the creative residency at the next "Bamako Games Play".
Mon panégyrique, mon identité culturelle
The mission of the Humanist Writers Association of Benin is to make writing, books and reading tools and channels for socio-cultural development in Benin and Africa. It aims to become the leading book organisation in Benin, impacting at least 50,000 people by 2025 through various actions.
The "Akô" is an African custom from oral literature, a series of words of a laudatory nature that recounts the origins and achievements of a person, family, ethnic group or clan. In the face of modernity and industrialisation, this Beninese tradition is under threat. To safeguard it, the project intends to identify, collect and publish (books and CDs) clan panegyrics and train 30 young storytellers and slammers (15 women and 15 men) in composition and declamation.
Les Rencontres Musicales Africaines (REMA)
Identity, creativity and commitment are the values of La Cour de Naaba. Founded in 2007 to promote music in Burkina Faso, this association wishes to "make music a true vector for sustainable and visible social development on a daily basis. "
The Rencontres Musicales Africaines project is defined by its collaborative values and is based on a genuine sharing of "best practices". It advocates the promotion of gender equality and equal opportunities and also wishes to act in favour of the employability of young people. These annual business-oriented meetings are organised around a topical and strategic theme for the sector, as illustrated by the REMA 2022 topic "African music, a new ecosystem: players, professions, tools. "
Kriol Jazz Festival
Founded by José Da Silva, producer and manager of Cesaria Evora, Harmonia LDA carries out cultural development projects through both music and audiovisual production, as well as organising events such as the famous Kriol Jazz Festival and the Atlantic Music Expo trade show.
A victim of the pandemic, the Cape Verdean cultural sector is struggling to recover. In an attempt to revitalise this still very fragile economic sector, the project aims to relaunch the "Kriol Jazz Festival". After 10 years, it has become a key event in jazz and world music. Reviving it will allow the local population to live off this economy (revival of tourism and events created around the festival), and will also allow African and/or Caribbean artists who have not been able to perform for two years to return to the stage.
De la Scène à la Toile
The Fabrique Culturelle is a venue in Abidjan located at the crossroads of a working-class neighbourhood and an affluent neighbourhood, which allows it to fulfil one of its principal missions: social diversity. Its multidisciplinary programming (theatre, dance, music, circus, cinema), its residencies and its mediation activities make it a meeting place for artists, audiences and schools.
Driven to experiment with digital broadcasting by the closure of cultural venues during the pandemic, the cultural space La Fabrique noted the public's interest in this format. This is how "From the stage to the Web" was born, a project of physical broadcasting on the La Fabrique stage and digital broadcasting. It is the extension of the physical space on the web, through a dedicated platform, to guarantee regular programming on stage and to reach a new audience (diaspora, students, etc.) through digital distribution.