Bayimba Festival Of the arts 2012

Bayimba Festival of the arts 2012

The 5th edition of the Bayimba International Festival of the Arts is scheduled from 21st till 23rd of September 2012 at the Uganda National Theatre in the city centre of Kampala.

Bayimba Cultural Foundation takes credit for having established the Bayimba International Festival of the Arts as an important benchmark for the consumption of Uganda’s finest arts. Every third week of September, Kampala comes alive as a vibrant and eventful city when an unparalleled feast of music, dance, theatre, film, and visual arts from renowned and upcoming artists is brought to Kampala.

The Festival has developed into a major multi-arts festival with varied and qualitative programming, presenting exciting, innovative and creative ideas. It is eagerly awaited by local artists and local people alike while artists from abroad and visitors from far afield pour into Kampala to take advantage of the exciting artistic experience – see report 2011 (http://bayimba.org/annual-report-2011/). The Festival has truly become a highlight on Uganda’s social and cultural calendar and is also gradually developing into an important (East) African destination Festival, ensuring regional and international visitation and enhancing both national and international cultural tourism.

The Bayimba International Festival of the Arts is undoubtedly Uganda’s number one Festival – physically, by offering exciting artistic experiences to as many Ugandans as possible; artistically, by presenting Uganda’s finest artists and upcoming talents from across the country (discovered through its various activities, including one-day Festivals throughout Uganda); demographically, by engaging as many Ugandans as possible, thus making the Bayimba Festival their own; and organisationally, by being led by a team of committed and experienced Ugandans.

Past editions registered a significant increase in the participation of artists from Uganda, East Africa and beyond while the Festival audience grew from a mere 100 people in 2008 to 55,000 people in 2011. In its 5th year of celebration, the Festival is aiming at again the additional value of artistic performances and productions of participating artists from Uganda, East Africa and beyond as well as an increase in the number of our audiences. 

The enormous success of the Bayimba International Festival of the Arts would not have been possible without the support from a wide range of organisations and individuals that have sustained and lead to the growth of the Festival. The Festival continues to look out to widen and diversify its financial and in kind support base.

Always looking out for new artistic interventions, new ideas, new engagements and new partnerships, the Festival has grown to inspire so many stakeholders within the East African region - http://bayimba.org/

Communications Intern WANTED AT WORDS BEATS & LIFE

 

 
REPORTS TO: Executive Director as member of Executive Staff
PURPOSE: To assist the organization’s communications program with tasks associated with outreach and publicity. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, generating blog/website/newsletter content, drafting press releases and media advisories, maintaining social media presence, and other tasks as requested by the Executive director.

About Words Beats & Life, Inc. Founded in 2002, Words Beats & Life transforms individuals and whole communities through the core elements of hip-hop culture. At the heart of all that we do is the belief that hip-hop can serve as the necessary filter between hope and despair for the youth of the District of Columbia. WBL currently serves 150 students at its three Urban Arts Academy sites in D.C. and up to 300 students during the summer. At WBL, we feel that hip-hop is the ideal means for creative expression to break the cycle of hopelessness because of its history and culture, which is rooted in the community itself. By valuing hip-hop culture, we validate the students themselves. Our staff develops curriculum, projects, and programs geared specifically towards breaking the cycle of poverty and hopelessness. WBL also organizes a local and national network of hip-hop based organizations (The Cipher), which equips organizational leaders with the tools and experiences necessary to build sustainable communities. WBL accomplishes its goals through two main program areas—The Urban Arts Academy, a pre-vocational arts program for youth ages 5-23 in the District of Columbia, and The Cipher, a growing resource for our ever-expanding network of hip-hop based organizations. This year, The Cipher will expand to four geographies for its third national gathering, Remixing the Art of Social Change: A Hip-Hop Approach teach-ins: St. Paul, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, CA; and Washington, D.C. Past teach-ins have drawn a total of over 150 organizations from around the U.S. doing comparable work that were previously working in isolation from one another. The Cipher is a multi-component program that is completely unique in the hip-hop nonprofit field. However, the focus is singular—to serve as an invaluable resource to hip-hop independent artists, non-profit organizations, scholars and activists both nationally and internationally. This is accomplished by providing research-based resources, convening members of the field, establishing promising practices for this field, advocating on behalf of the field with members of the foundation and corporate communities.

Words Beats & Life in Uganda

About DC Urban Arts Academy At the heart of all that we do is the belief that hip-hop can serve as the necessary filter between hope and despair for the youth of the District of Columbia. WBL is committed to producing learning journeys through hip-hop that lead Academy students to succeed in our three focus areas: Employability, Skill Mastery, and Post-Secondary Education. We accomplish our goals through two main program areas—The Urban Arts Academy and The Cipher. The Academy is a pre-vocational arts program for youth ages 5-23 in the District of Columbia.

Our Vision: The Urban Arts Academy seeks to use hip-hop culture as a vehicle to increase youth development in employability, mastery, and self-awareness. To foster a new generation of students and scholars who see the value in preparations, mastery, and extended learning.

Our Mission: It is through the development of intergenerational relationships rooted in hip-hop culture, the staff of the Urban Arts Academy work closely with the students as Mentors. These mentoring relationships allow the teaching artists, to share their skills as a means of increasing the students cognitive, communication, and interpersonal skills. To use our talents as artist to be the buffer between hope and hopelessness. To use, hip-hop as the ideal medium through which to create such a buffer. To use the sound aesthetic movement written language of the culture to teach geography, science, art, history and more.

Our Goals:
 1. To promote post secondary education to all our students
 2. To create a positive community young scholars, artists, and musicians
3. To host the premiere events for young hip-hop artists in the Washington DC area
4. To develop an appreciation for the history, techniques, and developments of the elements of hip-hop.
 5. To promote the study and evaluation of hip-hop culture in an academic environment.
6. To promote youth development through the arts; particularly hip-hop.
7. To decrease the number of students in gang activity, drug activity, and destructive behavior.
8. To expose the DC community to the talent and contributions of its young people.

Mazi at WBL Mural

PRINICPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:
• Generate text for the website/blog
• Generate text for the newsletter
• Managing social media outlets
• Draft press releases and media advisories
• Research media outlets and journalists to disseminate press releases to
• Distribute press releases and advisories
• Maintain database of past media coverage

QUALIFICATIONS:
 • Must be knowledgeable or have a small a working knowledge of hip-hop
• Must have the ability to work independently, at the same time, being able to follow through on multiple projects/deadlines with minimal oversight;
• Must have strong interpersonal and written communications skills

OUTCOMES:
• Securing at least one form of media coverage per month (Blog, Radio, TV, print)
 • Creating press release and media release for all major WBL programs, events and projects.
• Update the WBL website weekly with reviews, photos and event descriptions and reviews.
• Help to manage relationship with WPFW to insure the broadcast of WBL panel discussions

LOCATION: 1525 Newton St NW Washington DC 20010
HOURS: 10am-6pm
PERSONALITY/WORKSTYLE: Outgoing, loves to smile, great interpersonal skills, experience working with people of diverse backgrounds, organized, works well independently, and a positive attitude towards learning.

Start date

June 4, 2012

End date

August 17, 2012

Application deadline

May 1, 2012

Hours per week

10

Compensation

Unpaid

The 9th Annual Uganda Hip Hop summit

The 9th Annual Uganda Hiphop Summit

The Uganda HipHop Foundation & Bavubuka Foundation, recognize the power of Hip-Hop music and culture to catalyze positive social change. Hip-Hop is modern youth’s cultural foundation, and symbolizes the ability of people living in marginalized communities to flourish and live their dreams. With the vision of creating a peace building platform that empowers and unifies young people from diverse communities, we continue to create a voice for the youth in Uganda.

The Hip Hop Summit has been an on-going event for the last seven years. The main aim of the summit is promote the hip hop culture in Uganda by empowering the youth and creating positive awareness through music and culture. The Hip Hop Summit is targeted to the youth crowd mainly students aged 18-25 years old. It features live performances by local and international Uganda’s top urban artists from the Hip Hop and R&B genres. The Hip Hop summit is not just about The Concert. During the day time there is a series forums and workshops that are carried out by Uganda's top Hip Hop icons and role models. The summit touches other areas of Hip Hop culture by featuring a DJ scratching demonstration, a B-Boy dance battle, a Graffiti art display, a Motivation speakers, and a Hip Hop Fashion Show.

Favorite Quotations:
"There is a self Liberating truth in celebrating the indigenous in you". THE BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT OF THE SUMMIT THIS YEAR WILL BE BLESSED BY APPEARANCES FROM:

THE HIP HOP SUMMIT FORUM HOSTED BY: BABALUKU - UGLY EMCEE -XENSON
CELEBRATING THE HIP HOP STORIES OF UGANDA

HIGH LIGHTED STORIES:
BAVUBUKA ALLSTARZ MOVEMENT
BONFIRE MOVEMENT
BABOON FOREST ENT.
SWAGG AFRICA

INSPIRATIONAL HIP HOP MINI DOCS MUSIC VIDEOS AND TRAILERS FROM UGANDA & AROUND THE WORLD.

WORDS BEATS & LIFE - NORMADIC WAX - BAVUBUKA DYNASTY

LEGENDARY FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW SCHOOL PERFOMANCES BY
LYRICAL.G - GMC
ATLAS DA AFRICA
GNL ZAMABA
BABALUKU
TSHILA THE AFRICAN QUEEN
YOUNG NICK
BABOON FOREST
BONSATULE
T-BRO
MON MC - NEW HOPE SQUAD
S4J
MC YALA
SAINT NELLY SADE
ABENGANDA
SAINT. CA
UGLY EMCEE
LADY SLYKE
JUNGEL THE MAN EATER
SHIP CREW
MC FLOWER
MC ROY
MC SHIP
BAVUBUKA ALLSTARZ
MC SPIDA
LUGA LUGA SQUAD
TALENT4LYFE (STONE CITY)
SAVIOUR BLACK REIGN

SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCE BY:
KWEEN G OF THE KILLA QUEENZ (SYDNEY AUSTRALIA)
DJ BATENGA THE MYTH - BATABAZI FAMILY (BOSTON)
DJ APEMAN ( UGANDA)

THE HIP HOP SUMMIT CYPHER (FOR ALL EMCEES)

THE HIP HOP SUMMIT SPOKEN TRUTH LOUNGE
SISTER IFE - POETRY IN CESSION
GILLY WILLY BON FIRE
SLIM EMCEE

ROCKING LIVE WITH THE FRESHEST BBOYS & BGIRLS
JERICHO BREAKERS
B BOY IMAM

GRAFFITI EXPRESSION: GRAFFITI UGANDA

OUTER SPACE FASHION: BY KAZ WEAR

MANY MORE PARTICIPANTS ARE STILL BEING CONFIRMED WE WILL KEEP UPDATING THE LIST AS WE COUNT DOWN TO THIS UGANDA HIP HOP CELEBRATION OF THE LONGEST RUNNING HIP HOP EVENT IN UGANDA.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE FAN ARTISTS FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE HIP HOP COMMUNITY COMING OUT TO BUILD SO WE CAN GROW HIP HOP IN OUT COMMUNITIES IN UNITY.....