Africa

In 2015, Med Culture commissioned a study on Employability in the cultural and creative sectors in Arab Mediterranean countries: The cases of Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. The study addresses issues and challenges related to employability in the cultural and creative industries in the above mentioned four countries.

Arterial Network has released a free e-book compilation of poems, articles and works of fiction on the subject of freedom of creative expression in Africa, titled How Free is Free? Featuring contributions from 25 authors from 14 African countries, the e-book has been produced as part of Arterial Network’s Artwatch Africa project that aims to defend freedom of creative expression on the continent.

AMA/Art Moves Africa is thrilled to announce the release of “Mobility and Touring in Central Africa,” its third publication on mobility and touring in Africa. AMA / Art Moves Africa a le plaisir de présenter “La mobilité et les tournées en Afrique centrale,” notre troisième publication sur la mobilité et les tournées en Afrique.

Freemuse are pleased to announce the publication of its first book, ‘Music, Culture and Conflict in Mali’, which is launched in a digital and on-demand paperback edition. The book takes an in-depth look at the crisis that overtook Mali in January 2012 and lead to a ten-month occupation of the northern two-thirds of the country by armed jihadi groups.

Art Moves Africa (AMA) proudly presents ‘Mobility &Touring in East Africa’, a research commissioned in 2011 and implemented by Hildegard Kiel on the performing arts sector in East Africa.

The African Arts Institute launched The Migrant Artist’s Handbook: A guide to living and working in Cape Town & Johannesburg. The handbook undertakes to provide both Migrant and South African start-up artists with resources, references and tools to approach various arts disciplines with self-fulfilling and self-sustaining imperatives.

This practical guide, in French, on the rights of musicians in French-speaking African countries, is available on the site of the IRMA (Centre d’information et de ressources pour les musiques actuelles).