Youth & Hip Hop Uganda is a skills initiative to empower youths by acquiring artistic as well as development & leadership skills.

Between 2011 and 2016 BAYIMBA ran the “Youth & Hip Hop Uganda” programme with the support of the Danish Centre for Culture and Development with the overall aim of improving and bridging the socio-cultural and economic gap between youths in Uganda.

It does so by supporting youths in acquiring artistic (hip hop) as well as development and leadership skills that can enhance socio-cultural and economic transformation across diversities.

Because of the success and impact on a huge number of youths in Uganda, elements of the “Youth & Hip Hop Uganda” programme – such as the Hip Hop Boot Camp – are now included in a wider 5-year creative industry development programme of BAYIMBA that is investing in building capacities across the arts and cultural sector with the support of Belgian Africalia (www.africalia.be).

For more information, see the Bayimba Academy pages.