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2020 Kampala Atelier

ByBayimba Team May 16, 2020March 16, 2022

Festival managers:
apply now for the Kampala Atelier 2020

Are you eager to exchange ideas with a diverse group of creative minds coming from all over the world, to become part of a festival makers� global community now counting more than 699 festival leaders and to meet up with both emerging and expert festival leaders, cultural activists and artists to critically reflect for 7 days on the role of festivals in today�s world?

The Festival Academy (an initiative of the European Festivals Association) invites festival managers to apply for the Atelier for Young Festival Managers Kampala 14 � 20 November 2020.

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World Culture Day 20

ByFaisal Kiwewa May 23, 2020March 15, 2022

ART, CULTURE and CRISESOpportunities and Challenges in Uganda Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Triumph of Death (detail), c. 1562, Museo del Prado, Madrid Never waste a good crisis – Winston Churchill Most of us are being confronted with yet another crisis in their lives, this time a global health crisis. Given the magnitude of its impact…

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Interview with Faisal in Italian “Artribune” about BAYIMBA

ByBayimba Team March 15, 2022March 16, 2022

Uganda, dove l�arte � coscienza civile By Niccol� Lucarelli -1 marzo 2022 “OUR REPORTAGE ON THE AFRICAN ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL SCENE MAKES A STOP IN UGANDA AND GIVES VOICE TO THE BAYIMBA CULTURAL FOUNDATION, WHICH HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE 2006” Link to the article ?

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Mugabi takes strings to the wild

ByBayimba Team February 5, 2021March 16, 2022

Afro-soul singer Kenneth Mugabi engaged at least 50 of his fans at Lunkulu Island, the home of Bayimba Festival in Mukono. In an event dubbed Strings in the Wild, the revellers were treated to local tourism as they enjoyed a blend of art, enjoyed nature walks, bird watching, forest trek and later music by Clarissa…

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African Crossroads – 11^th Dec. 2020

ByFaisal Kiwewa December 15, 2020March 16, 2022

Hybrid online and offline Presentation on The Past, Present and Future of the Mombasa Declaration On the 21st November 2019, during the 2nd meeting of the network of African Crossroads delegates and stakeholders in Mombasa, over 70 participants signed on the Declaration of Mombasa � it was a landmark effort the team and the participants…

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2021 – Festival managers� workshop in Uganda

ByBayimba Team November 24, 2020March 16, 2022

Call for Applications Bayimba Foundation and the Festival Academy, an initiative of the European Festivals Association, are accepting applications for the 18th edition of Atelier for Young Festival Managers event that will take place in Kampala, Uganda, between 7th and 13th August 2021. Read more on the Bayimba Academy website