The 18th edition of the Journées Theatrales de Carthage was organized from November 18 until November 26 in Tunis. Prof. Yacouba KONATE, Director of the MASA and Mr. Zie Coulibaly, Counselor for Theater at MASA attended the festival. This event was a great opportunity for MASA officials to strengthen relationships...
The market for African Performing Arts participated to visa for Music 2016, which was held in Casablanca, Morocco from November 15 to 19. A lot of visitors including artists and professionals visited our stand. During his visit to Morocco, the Director of MASA also had meetings with officials of some...
Prof. Yacouba KONATE was in Burkina Faso from October 29 to November 5 to attend the Récréâtrales in Ouagadougou. The Récréâtrales is a pan-African platform to promote dramatic creation. It is structured around four main topics: (research-training, production and broadcasting), and is organized every two years in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso....
A Board meeting of MASA was organized on July 22, 2016 at the International Organization of the Francophonie office in Paris. The following Board members attended the meeting: The ministry of culture and francophonie of Côte d’Ivoire The International Organization of the Francophonie The District of Abidjan Prof. Yacouba KONATE,...
« Why we published this new manual on technical sound reinforcement » Frédéric Jacquemin gives the motivations that prompted his institution to co-edit a new manual of sound systems. What motivated Africalia to co-edit this new manual of technical sound ? Our motivation is the result of an observation: an important need...
Hundred of journalists were invited by the MASA to attend a Press conference to discuss a partial assessment of the masa 2016. The conference was organized on Friday March 18, 2016 at MASA Executive Office in Plateau. Pr. Yacouba Konaté, Director of the MASA certified that the event was a...
The list of groups selected for ‘’Abidjan vis-à-vis’’were released on Thursday March 10, 2016. 65 artists and groups in the categories of Hip-hop, Zouglou, Reggae, and traditional music sent their applications to participate to the project which was launched on January 22, 2016. The promoters from Spain who belong to...
Speed meetings was introduced during MASA 2016 and organized on Thursday, March 10, 2016 in room Jean-Marie Adiaffi of Palais de la Culture. According to Koné Dodo (member of the organization committee of MASA), «this concept is already in use in almost all important Festivals ». Indeed, organizing exchanges between cultural...
MASA 2016 closed on Saturday, March 12, 2016 after a week of performance. In addition to a delegation of the National Assembly representatives who came on behalf of the President of the National Assembly, M. Guillaume SORO, a large audience participated to the ceremony. According to the Director of the...
Interview with Pathé’O, Model Designer, » The MASA mourns Ismaël Diaby ». As part of season 2 of the Limited Edition, the support program for the career development of designers Fashion-Arts of textile and accessories organized by the International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF), the stylist Pathé’O, who is in...
The MASA is a cultural platform for promoting African Performing Arts. Its main objectives are : To Support creativity and good quality productions, To facilitate the movement of artists and their works within Africa and throughout the world, To train artists and key professionals in the production field, To promote African Performing Arts.