The Artists In Residency Programme 2012 awarded eleven residencies to the following exceptional African artists: Bundanon Trust, Australia – Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, Kenya; Thamgidi Foundation, Netherlands – Ronelda Kamfer, South Africa; Thamgidi Foundation, Netherlands – Karen Jennings, South Africa; The Substation, South Africa – Precious Mhone, Malawi (TBC); Jiwar, Spain – Sydelle Willow Smith, South Africa; […]
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During the 2011 Artists In Residency Programme, eight residencies were awarded to artists from across the continent: Bundanon Trust, Australia – Yonamine Miguel, Angola; Sacatar, Brazil – Damien Schumann, South Africa; Zoma Contemp. Art Centre, Ethiopia – Maurice Mbikayi, Democratic Rep. of Congo; KulttuuriKauppila, Finland – Olivier Serge Fokou, Cameroon; Thamgidi Foundation, Netherlands – Kiripi
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AIR Residency 2012 winner Ngwatilo Mawiyoo (Kenya) has steadily built a name for herself as a poet, performer, actress and musician. A keen observer and devoted student of the written word, Ngwatilo’s book of poems “Blue Mothertongue” (2010), is set in Nairobi and explores notions of the African Diaspora, home and identity. Critics say the
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Sydelle Willow Smith (SA), 2012 AIR residency winner, is a freelance photographer/filmmaker born in Johannesburg and based in Cape Town, South Africa. She has traveled widely through the African continent as a photographer/filmmaker. Sydelle has a background in social Anthropology (focusing on Visual Anthropology) with an undergraduate in Video Production focusing on Cinematography. Her work has
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Kyla Davis was awarded an AIR residency as part of the 2012 programme. In November 2013 she took up residency at Nosadella.Due, nestled in Bologna’s historical centre in Italy. At the end of her residency she created a theatre happening called To walk is easy. Just go. To read more about this work please click
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2013 marked the bicentenary of the birth of David Livingstone, the nineteenth century Scottish explorer and medical missionary. Livingstone remains an important historical figure: he was widely admired in both Scotland and Africa during and after his lifetime, and he has left a diverse and substantial legacy. To celebrate the bicentenary of his birth, StAnza
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It is always a delight for us to have our poetry-infused days interspersed with tidings of feedback from enthused poets. One such message from Sandhya Mathura reads: “I can’t thank you enough for the start you blessed me with by including my poems on the Badilisha site. Because of my feature on Badilisha Poetry I
“You re-introduced East African poetry to me” …these were the words that Kennet B, a renowned Kenyan poet, uttered after our stay in East Africa. In June 2013, Badilisha Poetry visited Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya, Arusha in Tanzania and Kampala in Uganda. We aimed to record 60 poets during our three-week recording tour, but
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CAPE TOWN – The city’s premier high-energy platform for ideas exchange took place on 12 March 2014 at the charming Gold of Africa Museum. The programme was headlined by Cape Town’s brightest thinkers, influential change makers, doers and leading visionaries. Read More about this prestigious event on the Talking Heads website.
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Badilisha Poetry’s Poetry Pop-Up Shop was featured during the Infecting the City 2014 programme (10 – 15 March). The Pop-Up Shop gave Badilisha an opportunity to disrupt the dynamics and rules of exchange between audiences and poets, and between those with voices and those without. Badilisha used our “poetic commodities” and live performances to create
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