Mud Art Company, a contemporary dance company based in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria, creates innovative and inclusive dance performances addressing socio-cultural issues in the region. Founded in 2017 by Artistic Director Ochai Ogaba, the company aims to promote culture, peace, and unity in Northern Nigeria. Kaduna has endured sectarian violence since 2000, claiming thousands of lives and…
EMOTIVE DANCE PERFORMANCE “ONYESHA THAMANI” Nantea Dance Company will bring to the ICAF stage their performance of ONYESHA THAMANI, translated as SHOWING VALUE. A beautifully affective dance performance about gender equality that promotes the idea of men and women living together as equals. Through its choreography ONYESHA THAMANI uses dance as a voice and as…
Five women from Johannesburg storm onto the field, ready for a decisive hockey match. Today they can become champions. Yet haunted by memories of sexual assault and harassment, it soon becomes apparent that there is more at stake than a title. Gradually, the line between the competition and social reality disappears and the women find…
CTO-MAPUTO (OPPRESSED THEATER CENTER) CTO-Maputo – Centro de Teatro do Oprimido, is a non-profit Cultural Association which aims to disseminate alternative communication techniques, social mobilization and community engagement in Mozambique. Making CTO an effective instrument for community training and education based on the public presentation and debate of ideas. The Association promotes the cultures of…
Bonface Beti is African artist and multidisciplinary practitioner working with embodied theatre-based processes on trauma and social change. Since 2004 he’s worked with Amani Peoples’ Theatre and now with the Green String Network. He holds an MA degree in peacebuilding from the University of Manitoba, Canada, Graduate Certificate in Use of Arts in Peacebuilding at…
Nantea Dance Company is a Tanzanian based non-profit contemporary dance company composed of Tanzanian freelance dance artists, founded in 2015 by Alawi Saidi Alawi and Samwel Japhet. The company provides multifaceted performances and community-based projects through dance; promoting and developing contemporary dance scene in Tanzania and inspiring youths in the society to became the ambassadors…
Getrude Vimbayi Munhamo Pfumayarambais a performance artist with wide experience in theatre, television and radio, translation and voiceover in 4 languages, the voice of Econet and Telecel over 12 years, and a certified life coach who is passionate about “the transformation of the industries and individuals through mindset shift and skills development through the invincible…
Nada Sabet is co-founder and Director of Noon Creative Enterprise as well as being a theatre director, cultural manager and facilitator. Sabet holds a BA in Psychology and Theatre from The American University in Cairo (AUC), and an MA from Goldsmith University of London in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship. For the past decade, Nada and…
Nigeria has a long history surrounding arts-in-education, which, in many African countries, often blends with community-based art. As such, participatory arts often provide inspiration for young people in under-resourced areas where options for employment or further education are extremely limited and the temptations of less desirable career paths are ever present. In the second half…
Created in 2018 in Rabat, Calypso36°21 is a Franco-Moroccan female collective founded by Sanaa Zaghoud, Justine Daquin, Manon Bachelier and Zoé Le Voyer. Since its creation, the collective has developed a trans-disciplinary, experimental and participatory curatorial approach.