Bintou Sidibé known as Bébé is a cultural operator and manager of artists and a member of the Abidjan Market for Performing Arts (MASA) with Malian artists. She is busy preparing for the next edition of the MASA scheduled for 2020 in Abidjan. She is fighting so that the maximum...
MASA 2020: International Artistic Committee, portrait of Christophe Galent, France
In thirty years, Christophe Galent has worked in various places of the arts of the scene in France: Municipal Theater, Center of creation, National Scene. He was the Secretary General of the Volcano, one of the great French cultural places, and the mission manager at the festival of Avignon. He...
The Mandingue Circus at the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris, from December 26, 2018 to January 05, 2019
Acrobatics, contortion, dance, live music: the Mandingo Circus of Guinea has everything planned to delight the public of the Cabaret Sauvage, in Paris 19th, from December 26 to January 5, 2019. They will present for the end of the 2018 holiday season a new show, « Tana Mou Ri? « . This...
MASA 2020: International Artistic Committee, portrait of Frédéric Jacquemin, Belgium
Before taking up his position as Director of Africalia, Frédéric Jacquemin was Expert in Cultural Policies at the Secretariat of the Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Group of States. In this context, he coordinated the ACP Cultural Observatory where he conducted studies on the creative industries and cultural policies of the ACP countries from...
Interview with Armand Biyag, Cameroonian musician
Armand Biyag, Cameroonian music artist with multi-faceted talent. He plays with the same dexterity of piano, balafon and percussion without forgetting his voice, signature of his originality. He spoke about the opportunities offered following his participation in MASA. MASA had a good impact on my career MASA 2016 The artist...
MASA 2020: International Artistic Committee, who is Adama Traoré from Mali
Adama Traoré is a Malian author, director, comedian and playwright, born in February 1962 in Sikasso. Graduate of the National Institute of Arts (INA) of Bamako, in 1986, he was a professor of drama from 1989 to 1999, he is the founder of the company Acte SEPT (Awareness, Education, Promotion,...
MASA 2020: International Artistic Committee, portrait of Yusuf Mahmoud, Tanzania
Yusuf Mahmoud is the director of Sauti za Busara festival in Zanzibar. He has directed various world music festivals, concerts and seminars to raise awareness and promote solidarity in Africa. He relocated from the UK, his home country, to Zanzibar in 1998 and five years later set up Busara Promotions,...
The 5th edition of « Visa for Music » starts in Rabat, from 21 to 24 November 2018
The opening ceremony of the 5th edition of this fair of Music of Africa and the Middle East « Visa For Music » took place this Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at the National Theater Mohammed V in Rabat. Until Saturday, November 24th, this great event which is a crossroad where the styles...
Dobet Gnahoré, an arttist with mutiple facets at MASA
The Market for Abidjan Performing Arts (MASA) with its comeback in early March 2014 was an opportunity to rediscover this Ivorian artist. A story with MASA Revealed in Côte d’Ivoire at MASA in 2001, the singer performed at the opening concert . An honor. « It’s also because of MASA that...
Bak’in Gado and other groups of the official selection of MASA 2018 at the FITHEB 2018
The 14th edition of the International Theater Festival of Benin (FITHEB) will be held from 16 to 24 November 2018. This festival will last about two weeks and will allow players from different countries to discover six (06) cities for 75 theatrical performances. Bak’in Gado (Côte d’Ivoire), Atrium Tropiques (France,...