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Unchained Vibes Africa’s Press Statement on the Recent Harassments and Threats to Davido and Logos Olori – Press Release

July 26, 2023
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Unchained Vibes Africa notes with concerns, the excesses of religious fanatics who, over the past few days, have harassed, intimidated and threatened the lives of multi- award winning Nigerian singer David Adeleke, a.k.a Davido and Olamilekan Taiwo, a.k.a Logos Olori, one of the artists under his Davido Music Worldwide (DMW) record label. The cyber harassments, censorship and threats to the artists’ lives are in connection with a music video titled ‘Jaye Lo’ by Logos Olori, under the DMW label. The 45-second teaser of the new music video was posted on 21st July 2023 by Davido on his social media platforms, promoting the work ahead of its official release.

April 15, 2023
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Following the commencement of the second phase of the Freedom Vibes Academy (Monthly Mentoring Sessions), the first Mentoring Session was conducted virtually with the Academy participants via Zoom on 15th April 2023 from 12noon -3pm. Details of the interactive mentoring session are detailed below:

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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Blaagaard Teater is organising the international reading festival Pink Pavilion in May 2023 in collaboration with the development platform for new writing. Pink Pavilion is looking for playwrights who are interested in having an excerpt of their finished work read.

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 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.

Unchained Vibes Africa’s Press Statement on the Recent Harassments and Threats to Davido and Logos Olori – Press Release

Freedom Vibes Academy Monthly Mentoring Session Report – News

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

Paradise Air: Longstay Residency Programme (Japan)

Pink Pavilion: Call for Playwrights and Dramatic Texts (Denmark)

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)

STATEMENT ON THE DETENTION AND FLOGGING OF KANO SKIT MAKERS

Legendary actress Taiwo Ajai-Lycett Inspires Graduands of the UVA Freedom Vibes Academy in Lagos

The Salzburg Statement on Supporting Artists on the Front Line

The UN Special Rapporteur, Alexandra Xanthaki addresses participants at UVA’s Freedom Vibes Academy Project Briefing Session in Lagos.

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