AFRICAphonie

Art and Culture Journalism Workshop in Cameroon

Official Opening of International Workshop on Reporting Arts & Culture in Cameroon

Date: March 21 – 23 2011

Venue: Hotel Residence Carlos, Muea road, Buea

Organiser: AFRICAphonie – Cameroon

Sponsorship: Commonwealth Foundation, London

At the official opening of the three-day international workshop, convener, George Ngwane explained the rationale, saying, AFRICAphonie and the Commonwealth Foundation were out to build the capacity and remind art journalists it is their responsibility to showcase the artist.

AFRICAphonie Brings Arts and Culture Reporting to Light

By Scholar Maloke (The Star newspaper, Cameroon, March 28th 2011)

Arts and culture in Cameroon, has never been given the place it deserves.  Though some journalists endeavour to write articles about arts and culture or cover cultural events, the articles are hardly given spotlights and most at times are replaced with other news items.
 

In a bid to bring arts and culture reporting which is a very viable industry into limelight, the Director of a Pan-African non-governmental organisation known as AFRICAphonie, Mwalimu George Ngwane, with support from the Commonwealth Foundation, organised a three day workshop in Buea on Arts and Culture Journalism in Cameroon.

Bakassi Peace Letter: Peace Through Culture

 

Bakassi Women as Weavers of Peace Through Culture

By Jesse Konang*

In commemoration of Cameroon’s regained territorial authority over the Bakassi Peninsula, AFRICAphonie, supported by Prince Claus Fund, last 14th August organized an all female cultural jamboree in Isangele. The one-day ceremony, being the first in a series of cultural activities by AFRICAphonie to reinforce peace- and confidence-building in the Peninsula, revealed the potentials of culture in women towards the enhancement of peaceful co-existence in the area. Somewhat, it was a paradigm shift from the talky-sensitization-seminar-approach to the ‘enter educate’ (entertainment + education) approach.

Time for an African Union Summit on “Cultural Industries in Africa”

An Open Letter to the African Union Commission President

By Mwalimu George Ngwane

His Excellency Jean Ping,

One of the objectives of the African Union Treaty is to “promote sustainable development at the economic, social and CULTURAL levels as well as the integration of African economies (Section 3j).
One of the Specialised Technical Committees of the African Union is the Committee on Education, CULTURE and Human Resources (Section 14g).