Bayimba Annual Report 2024

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…

EMBOOZI TEBA NKADDE which translates as ‘a conversation is never old’, is a research and development project initiated by Bayimba and implemented with the support of the British Council UK. With the development of the Bayimba Center for Visual and Performing Arts on Lunkulu Island, learning the history and identifying further opportunities for the communities…

 Three Days of Art, Music and Island Magic “If music be the food of love, play on,” wrote William Shakespeare in Twelfth Night—a timeless truth that finds its ultimate expression along the lush, tranquil shores of Lake Victoria. While standard global music festivals often cater to brief, transactional visits where audiences catch a single headline…

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

A comprehensive analysis of the current landscape of the Culture and Creative Industries (CCIs) in Uganda. This mapping study, undertaken by Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA), was conducted in collaboration with the British Council, Bayimba Cultural Foundation, Cross Cultural Foundation Uganda, Kuonyesha Arts Fund, and Uganda’s Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. It…

The British Council, in partnership with the Bayimba Foundation, has launched a pioneering  national initiative to bridge Uganda’s rapidly growing creative economy with the country’s  Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) reforms.