The ACMUR Burkina collective was founded in 2002 with the aim of structuring, developing and perpetuating street art in West Africa. Made up of artists working in different disciplines, the association strives for a higher level of professionalisation and artistic standards.
The project's goals are to re-create two performances on the themes of democracy and integrity, set up a circus tent as a venue for shows and training, produce these shows and take them on a national, regional and international tour with a newly-founded arts booking agency so that they can be shown throughout Burkina Faso and in Europe.
The Laboratoire d’agriculture urbain (Urban Farming Laboratory - LAC de Lassa) is a production studio working on climate issues and the protection of biodiversity in Bamako. Its team offers training and workshops on sustainable development and urban farming practices, as well as cultural, art and craft-based activities.
The aim of this project is to support image education and the development of digital dissemination resources for Malian cultural assets, by encouraging the practice of pottery. It hopes to promote expertise, raw materials and ceramic-making techniques.
The Association Nord Ouest Cultures was founded in January 2019 and officially recognised in April 2020. Its aim is to work towards developing healthy relationships between populations through strategies that include sharing reliable information on cultures, training leaders and representatives on living together and intercultural dialogue, conducting studies and organising symposia.
The project “WACOM: West African Culture On the Move" consists of setting up and running a virtual space for artistic and cultural information for West Africa, with the creation of three cultural websites in each country (Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana).
Since 1999, Centre Soleil d'Afrique has sought to champion culture as a meeting place and approach cultural diversity as a source of tolerance and a way to bring populations together.
The project aims to make the digital arts an effective vector of cohesion, development and greater community spirit. It trains around ten young artists in the different digital art techniques in order to increase their competitiveness and support them throughout the value chain (creation, production and screening). The project is built over three stages: Training, Creation + Production and screening activities in public squares and at festivals.
Digitoonz Afrika
Since 2015, the creative and cultural label Kanarimagik has been producing content to raise awareness, inform and transmit knowledge, using drawings, comics, animated videos and other fun media, in paper or digital format, for young people (boys and girls aged 5 to 18), their families and educational mediators (parents, teachers, etc.).
"Digitoonz Afrika" has the singular ambition of making Senegalese comics known in Africa and in the world via a "Webtoon" platform entirely dedicated to the promotion of these digital works. This project will also enable a hundred or so enthusiasts and professionals from the sector to make themselves known and benefit from comprehensive training on the creation and production of comics (scriptwriting, storyboard development, production of sets and characters, creating vignettes, etc.).
Aw Djigui
Created in 2014, Street Movie encourages access to culture for vulnerable populations, in a commitment to equal opportunities and poverty reduction. Originally created to reduce inequalities through the promotion of street cinema, today the association has developed around the promotion of Malian culture in all its diversity.
"Aw Djigui" is a project to support the development of a local cultural dynamic initiated by the creation of the "Journées Culturelles" of the Street Movie association. Set up in the 1008 Logements district (on the outskirts of Bamako), it aims to support local initiatives, promote traditional crafts, encourage entrepreneurship and vocational training, particularly for young women, in order to make them financially independent.
Foto School
Yamarou Photo is an association of photographers that is helping to consolidate Bamako's position as the capital of African photography, through training and the democratisation of this artistic practice among general public. It aims to create a space for dialogue between young people around photography and to build a framework for meetings between national and international photographers.
"Foto School" is an image education project aimed at schoolchildren. In line with the government's policy of promoting art in schools and colleges, the project aims to strengthen the skills of educational stakeholders (teachers, school administrators, educators, etc.) in visual arts teaching techniques, and to develop image culture and citizenship among young people.
Graine d’espoir
CNA Burkina is part of CNA Africa, a network of associations present in 10 countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Mali, Niger, Senegal and France). Its motto is: "Cinema for all, cinema everywhere. "The CNA specialises in communication for behavioural change, focusing on culture as a vehicle for sustainable development.
In addition to training children from underprivileged areas of Ouagadougou in the techniques of shooting animated films, the CNA will create a framework for moving image training and education. Accompanied by Slama Cinéma, a Belgian structure with expertise in training, the "Graine d'espoir" project also plans to train instructors. The short films produced will reflect the children's context and cultural references. They will then be shown during 50 screenings and debates.
Inno – Culture
While TIBI is an NGO is committed to training and artistic creations for the benefit of artists with disabilities, it also participates in international cultural events. Education, performing arts and community development are its main areas of intervention.
"Initiation à l'Innovation Culturelle, Linguistique et d'Ecriture chez la jeune fille dans la région Kara" (Initiation to Cultural, Linguistic and Writing Innovation for Young Girls in the Kara Region) aims to safeguard and enhance the endogenous practices of the peoples of Northern Togo through the promotion of young girls. 100 young women under 25 years of age will thus be able to develop their cultural skills (traditional dances, etc.). They will be interested in their mother tongue (its history and values) and will sharpen their critical thinking skills during an essay competition. The resulting document will be broadcast on YouTube, as will the 50 stories told in their mother tongue and translated into French and English.
L’Afrique en Conte
The Association Des Livres Pour Tous (DLPT), created in 2008 in Paris by Marguerite Abouet, author of the successful comic strip "Aya de Yopougon", has as its main objective to make books more accessible to young people by creating libraries in neighbourhoods and villages in Africa.
"L'Afrique en conte" is an innovative project aimed at collecting, producing and broadcasting radio plays based on heritage tales and contemporary imagination. The aim is to produce a catalogue of programmes, audio books and podcasts for libraries, schools, cultural centres and radio stations in Côte d'Ivoire and elsewhere. The creation of this catalogue is made possible thanks to the "Radiobox", a portable mobile studio set up in libraries in Abidjan, and to the training of librarians in its use.