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Bayimba Annual Report 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE17th February 2025 Bayimba Foundation Launches Exciting Membership Programme for Artists, Fans, and Patrons: Bayimba Foundation is thrilled to announce the launch of its new Membership Programme, specially designed for artists, fans, and patrons who share our passion for the arts. This initiative aims to foster a vibrant community and provide access to…

EXPRESSION AFRICA published an article profiling Faisal Kiwewa, founder of Uganda’s Bayimba Cultural Foundation. Kiwewa’s journey, from a young artist to a prominent arts manager, is detailed, highlighting his establishment of Bayimba, a significant organisation fostering East African arts. The article discusses Bayimba’s initiatives, including major festivals and the creation of Africa’s largest creative space….

By Faisal KIWEWA – From Culture we get Strength …

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…

Uganda, dove l’arte è coscienza civile By Niccolò 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

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…

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…

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

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…