Projects tagged "Africa"

Is He A Real Man? The “Vrai Djo” SFCG Project
Practitioner:
SFCG
Date:
Sep 1 2011
In the Democratic Republic of Congo or DRC, sexual violence is a community-wide problem. Rape, in the DRC has been used as a weapon of war and sadly continues to increase even after. According to the peacebuilding NGO Search for Common Ground or SFCG, it is estimated that there are over 400,000 surviving rape victims living in the DRC today. In this environment violence against women has become normative behavior.
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Somalia guerrilla artists dare to paint reality
Practitioner:
Muhiyidin Sharif Ibrahim
Date:
Mar 5 2013
“I want to show the people how bad the troubles were," says artist Muhiyidin Sharif Ibrahim of Mogadishu, Somalia. "That’s the message we’re going to send to people.” (Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times)
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FESPACO
Practitioner:
The Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television
Date:
Dec 2 2017
Fespaco is a meeting place put to good use to promote the development of black cinematography. From 1973, topics of discussion are introduced at each edition.
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Fresh Direct
Practitioner:
Angel Adelaj
Date:
Mar 1 2014
Our solution: Fresh Direct Nigeria (Fresh Direct Produce and Agro-Allied Services) is “City Farming” using stackable container farms! Fresh DirectNigeria brings fresh premium organic produce closer to market with our Container Farm Technology.
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Lion Lights
Practitioner:
Richard Turere
Date:
Feb 26 2013
Richard Turere, 13, has devised an innovative system to protect his family's livestock from the wild beasts. He created "Lion Lights," which keeps the predators away from the family's enclosure. The Kenyan boy will speak about his invention at the TED 2013 conference.
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Afrofuturism: An Interview with Krista Franklin
Practitioner:
Krista Franklin
Date:
Jun 21 2016
The term “Afrofuturism” was coined in the 1990s by the cultural critic Mark Dery, who recognized a preoccupation with the future in the work of a number of black artists. Ever since, it has remained a term that is retrospectively applied to seemingly disparate artists, from Missy Elliot to Toni Morrison. What unites the movement is a shared fascination with the black experience, particularly in America.
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Maboneng Township Arts Experience
Practitioner:
Palesa & Siphiwe Ngwenya
Date:
Jan 1 2001
At the age of just 30, Palesa Ngwenya is helping transform these areas through her position as development coordinator of Maboneng Township Arts Experience. “We turn homes in the townships into art galleries,” says the young South African woman, who grew up during apartheid. “It’s about showing people that you can use what you have to do things that can change your life."
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Labs Creates Sustainable Music Studios in Unlikely Places
Practitioner:
Beat Making Lab
Date:
Mar 13 2013
It started as an experiment: what happens when you equip a vibrant youth community with the resources to express themselves through hip hop and electronic music? Last summer I traveled to Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo to find out and the results were more beautiful than I could have imagined.
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Congo La Sape
Practitioner:
Sapeurs
Date:
Apr 1 2014
Their name, Sapeurs, comes from the French slang se saper, meaning to dress with class, but also from the acronym of their social group : La Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes (the Society of Ambianceurs and Elegant Persons). La Sape can be traced back to the early years of colonialism.
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Zanele Muholi: 'I'm a visual activist'
Practitioner:
Zanele Muholi
Date:
Jan 5 2018
I am a visual activist. Most of what I have done over the years focuses on black LGBTQIA+ and gender-non-conforming individuals from South Africa and other neighbouring countries. It’s about making sure we exist in the visual archive. I call myself a visual activist — or, rather, a cultural activist, because this work is not only about the arts; I’m focusing on education, I’m dealing with culture in a way that confronts a number of issues.
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Garbage Collectors
Practitioner:
Afrika ARTS Kollective
Date:
Jan 17 2015
Afrika ARTS Kollective is a group of artists that decided to face Uganda's demographic growth and the garbage problem of the capital, Kamala, with art. 30,000 tons of residues come out of this monthly and the Administration is being working on healthy and good environmental behaviors among citizens.
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"Jesus Was The First To Decriminalize Sex Work"
Practitioner:
Asijiki Coalition for the Decriminalisation of Sex Work
Date:
Mar 1 2017
A big yellow banner hangs off the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town, South Africa proclaiming that *"Jesus was the first to decriminalise sex work - John 8:7"*
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PAWA 254
Practitioner:
Boniface Mwangi
Date:
Feb 26 2013
Kenyan-based photographer Boniface Mwangi has captured his country's political and civic turmoil since the controversial presidential election in 2007. The violence and disorder he witnesses daily motivated him to take action, setting up a creative hub for activism called PAWA 254.
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Org Brings Women Menstrual Products & Education To Global Level
Practitioner:
Days for Girls International
Date:
Feb 1 2020
Although we are in the supposedly modern and advanced year of 2020, there are still at least 500 million women and girls that lack adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management, according to the World Bank Organization.
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Sudanese Activist Artist Breaks Down Borders
Practitioner:
Elshafei Dafalla Mohamed
Date:
Mar 29 2012
VOA NEWS  March 29, 2012  By Nico Colombant   WASHINGTON--A Sudanese artist from the restive Blue Nile region is using art and activism to promote the plight of people caught between borders and conflict. In an audio montage of memories from refugees, the sounds of gunfire and explosions mix with crying babies. Narrator Michelle Orecchio describes how to reverse war's grip on so much of humanity.
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ONE Campaign
Practitioner:
ONE
Date:
May 1 2004
ONE is a global movement campaigning to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030, so that everyone, everywhere can lead a life of dignity and opportunity. We believe the fight against poverty isn’t about charity, but about justice and equality.
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Polycom Development Project
Practitioner:
Jane Anyango
Date:
Apr 4 2017
In a lively room in Kibera, Nairobi’s largest slum, a group of women have gathered to discuss how to keep the upcoming Kenyan election free from violence. The women are not politicians, election officials or campaigners – they are grassroots activists, working with their communities to keep the peace on August 8.
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KAGOGOS (child soldier in Central Africa)
Practitioner:
Uganda National Contemporary Ballet
Date:
Oct 9 2013
The Uganda National Contemporary Ballet (UNCB) presented a new powerful and moving production advocating for the child soldiers all over the world at the National Theatre in Kampala.
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Ghana Wins Election 2016
Practitioner:
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Rebecca Ekpe etc.
Date:
Dec 1 2016
An exercise that used drama/and audio visuals to engage with with all election partners, especially the political parties especially the political parties and their candidates/leaders, Electoral Commission, Musicians Association of Ghana, etc to push for a free, fair and peaceful Presidential and Parliamentary election and hand over of power to who ever won the elections peacefully.
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ECO Fashionable Collectibles- Made From Recycled Plastic
Practitioner:
Adeyemi Emmanuel
Date:
Nov 11 2019
In 2019, Adeyemi Emmanuel began collecting bits of discarded plastic and used them to make a backpack. Seeing a way to raise environmental awareness in fashion-conscious Nigeria, Emmanuel in November launched a line of bags, wallets and gift boxes made of 20% leather and around 80% plastic waste, called ECO. He collects chips of used plastic by hand, such as leftovers from picture frames, primarily from craft workshops.
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Miss HIV Stigma Free
Practitioner:
Kesego Basha; Centre for Youth and Hope
Date:
Feb 26 2005
To change Bostwana’s regional misconceptions about HIV, Kesego Basha-Muebli, founded the Miss HIV stigma free pageant. A pageant designed for women who are currently receiving health and wellness counseling and HIV antiretroviral treatment to come out to their friends and family as being HIV positive.
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"Hail to the Thief" : political art or creative activism?
Practitioner:
The Goodman Gallery
Date:
May 20 2012
Established Cape Town based artist Brett Murray returns to Goodman Gallery Johannesburg with Hail to the Thief II. This body of satirical work continues his acerbic attacks on abuses of power, corruption and political dumbness seen in his 2010 Cape Town show Hail to the Thief.
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Female Immigrants and Related Artwork
Practitioner:
Salma Zulfiqar
Date:
Jan 1 2019
As massacres, civil wars, and violence permeated communities, people have searched for asylum in other countries. Due to its location and relative safety, Spain has become a common destination for immigrants seeking a better life. Female immigrants in particular tend to experience much more arduous journeys in that they frequently are subjugated to sexual abuse.
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Protest Posters for Fees Must Fall
Practitioner:
Burning Museum and Faith47
Date:
Oct 3 2015
Daniel Hewson describes the use of protest posters and the work of collective, Burning Museum, and artist, Faith47, in the Fees Must Fall movement taking place in South Africa:
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SUNO-ethical fashion
Practitioner:
Suno
Date:
Apr 8 2008
SUNO is one of the few luxury fashion brands that has been born out of a social cause. Max Osterweis and designer Erin Beatty launched their first collection in the spring of 2009, " after post-election violence threatened to damage the economy and industry in Kenya." While the clothes is mostly produced by local artisans in Kenya, Suno has since expanded its business to include production in Peru, India, and NY.
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