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Photo Speaks: Reception of Corps Africa representatives from Senegal and Ghana

February 10, 2023
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On the 6th of February 2023, Unchained Vibes Africa welcomed representatitives of Corps Africa from Ghana and Senegal to its Head office to explore modes of Partnership in establishing Corps Africa branch in Nigeria.

January 11, 2023
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After one year of discussions, Unchained Vibes Africa has signed a contract with Afolaranmi Olaoluwa Abiodun, professionally known as Abbey Trombone for a global promotion of Afrocentric music from Nigeria. Abbey Trombone is a talented and promising singer, songwriter,musicologist and trombonist, well celebrated within the diplomatic community in Nigeria for his cultural entertaining music.

December 16, 2022
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Paradise Air has held the Longstay Program under various themes and with different application requirements. The 10th edition of the program – under the theme ‘Puzzling Poly+Semy’ – is open to all people of all nationalities working in the arts field. The application will take place in two phases, with a shortlist of finalists invited to create a ‘video letter’ in early 2023 and final selected artists invited for a residency of 70-90 days in Matsudo, Japan.

December 16, 2022
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Gerda Henkel Fellowship-Programme aims at supporting four German museums holding African collections – in Leipzig/Dresden/Herrnhut (Saxony), Hamburg, Cologne, and Stuttgart – in their engagement to decolonise their museum practice and to foster a new ethics of collaboration with the African continent. It offers 4 promising African candidates based on the continent an opportunity to become a team member of a German museum and to pursue their own exhibition, educational or research project and contribute to the overall development of the museum, while at the same time building on their professional experience.

December 16, 2022
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We Make Books invites art publishers from Africa to participate in a programme that looks at the questions and challenges around co-publishing between art book and magazine publishers in Africa. The ‘Co-publishing Art Books in Africa’ workshop, networking event, and mini book fair will take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 16-19 February 2023.

December 16, 2022
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Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac is launching the call for applications for its Sound Art Residency progamme. The Sound Art Residency is open exclusively to artists who come from one of the four continents represented in the collections of the Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac: Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. There is no age limit to apply.

December 2, 2022
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Academie voor Theater en Dans (AHK) in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Ecole des Sables in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal are currently seeking applications for African based dancers to participate in a residency exchange. This exchange between the two institutions aims to enrich, stimulate and develop the creativity of the participants while contributing to building a cultural and artistic bridge between dancers from different countries with different educational and professional backgrounds.

November 21, 2022
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The 24th edition of the annual Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF), organized by the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA), ended on Sunday 20th of November 2022 with 1000 Poets for Change show at the Freedom Park in Lagos. The show was produced by Unchained Vibes Africa (UVA) in partnership with Culture Advocates Caucus (CAC). With the theme Politically Motivated towards 2023 Elections, the show provided a creative platform for voter education, mobilization and general civic engagement by attendees of the festival.

November 12, 2022
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Unchained Vibes Africa condemns the arrest, detention and punishments meted out to two Kano-based comedians, Mubarak Muhammad (Uniquepikin) and Nazifi Muhammad over allegation of defaming the character of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State through the video of a comedy skit on their Tiktok accounts.

November 1, 2022
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The Executive Producer of Unchained Vibes Africa, Ayodele Ganiu, has called on the Nigerian Police Force not to enforce its new policy aimed at prosecuting movie and skit makers for using police uniform or portraying the police institution in movies and comedy skits without authorization. Speaking at the Youth and Policing Summit for southwest region hosted by the Network on Police Reforms in Nigeria (NOPRIN) in Lagos from 31st October – 1st November 2022, Ayodele advised the Police to change their approach from coercing artists to embracing dialogue. He noted that skit makers and filmmakers have massive followers and can be strategic partners with the police in improving the relationship between the police and the people, especially the youth, if properly engaged.

Photo Speaks: Reception of Corps Africa representatives from Senegal and Ghana

Unchained Vibes, Abey Trombone to hit the global stage with a unique Afrocentric sound

Paradise Air: Longstay Residency Programme (Japan)

MARKK: Gerda Henkel Fellowship-Programme for African Curators and Scholars (Germany)

We Make Books Workshop, ‘Co-Publishing Art Books in Africa’ (Cameroon)

Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac: Sound Art Residency (France)

École des Sables / AHK: Residency Exchange for Africa-based Dancers (Senegal)

1000 Poets for Change: UVA and CAC close LABAF with Voter Education and Mobilization

STATEMENT ON THE DETENTION AND FLOGGING OF KANO SKIT MAKERS

Unchained Vibes calls on the police to embrace dialogue with artists

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