Music and Heritage Education NPC provides a sustainable solution in the arts sector through a multiplier effect; creating long-term economic growth in the key education and performance areas of the creative economy; creating new resources and job opportunities for creatives, through quality free curriculum-based learning materials for indigenous South African music and heritage.

Historical issues and problems in education caused by the design of outdated systems are addressed through the restoration, repatriation and recreation of learning resources, through oral history, archiving and creative collaboration.

Social Cohesion and Nation Building is enhanced from the grassroots and community level upwards into the education and entertainment sectors. Regular gatherings empower multiple participants across many sectors of the creative economy including industry of creative professionals, community centres, teachers, emerging professionals, professional artists, feeder businesses, scholars and students.

A growth path for the holistic development of future generations is provided through access to education, knowledge, platforms, activities and mentorship. Skills transfer includes the skills for self-development through self-reliance in spirituality, health, technical ability, mental wellness and business acumen.

The Mentorship programmes include access to documentation, archives and the interactive and participative multi-media workshop gatherings. Skills and opportunities in capacity building and creative industries are providing equal access to education for youth from undeserved communities in all provinces of South Africa.

New Afrocentric resources for music and heritage education reach school classrooms, community centres, academies and universities and further development. These resources are well managed so as to create permanent databases for long-term accessibility to archive and networks. These resources are addressing the gap in quality free Afrocentric music education for syllabus Grades 10 – 12, community centres and tertiary education.

Music and Heritage Education offers a viable long term business model to present South African music and heritage as an internationally recognised education resource. Our primary aim is to introduce individuals, corporate sponsors, benefactors, foundations and libraries to the importance of cultural and creative education for the development of stronger mindset and skillset. Only through working together may we completely equip the youth and upcoming artists with lifetime growth and knowledge.

As a well-established brand in the arts sector we provide opportunities for all partners, donors, sponsors with positive media, marketing, physical, digital and long-term exposure. Follow Season 4, uBuntu profiles five unique wisdom keepers of South African musical culture and heritage in a hybrid documentary style with live recordings and interviews mixed with cut-aways, archives and personal memoires in a dynamic story.

Season 4 uBuntu is released in 2025. 5 key musical protagonists who have prioritised humanity, community and music to in their personal development and creative excellence shinea a light on the memoires and techniques of uniquely Southern African sounds and styles including Marabi, Malombo, mashariki muziki and uMnqunqulo. In collaboration with NFVF PESP, Steve Biko Centre and International Library of African Music Season 4 is filmed on Constitution Hill Flame Studios during the winter of 2025. Season 4 comprises 5 new episodes. Each episode is accompanied with a Pre-Task and Post-Task worksheet engaging the student in further research and musical learning beyond the documentary. A bonus question facilitates knowledge and skills to be shared in an inspired, collaborative and innovative way.

The long-term transformation of the sector is experienced through the permanent availability of the capacity building resources in archives, libraries and free online. A long-term solution in mentorship is the development of stronger mindset and skillset. Self-relience will equip the youth and upcoming artists with lifetime growth and knowledge. Growing the impact of live performance, music practice and indigenous knowledge systems, through audio-visual mentorship and workshops. Creating a permanent database, archive and network for curriculum based learning materials for indigenous South African music and heritage. Building mentorship and teacher training opportunities for professional artists that can boost their careers and help alleviate loss of revenue during lockdown. It is important to note there are other existing archives that have built up some fantastic matetrial of old archive footage from era's before our birth as well as an ever evolving archive. It is important to build these networks and share our resources as best as possible to develop a coherent knowledge foundation of South Africa's arts culture and heritage landscape. The Story of South African Jazz Archive is engaged with ILAM (International Library of African Music) for a long-term and accessible sylabbus based resource.

General knowledge tuition provides a shared awareness of the richness of SA cultural memory and cultural activism. The international cultural exchange provides for opportunities of economic emancipation through building bridges in economy culture and geography.
Professional skills development for creative professionals through a feeder system from scholar, to student, emerging musician and career. Business development courses for young entrepreneurs in the creative industries with international professionals of diverse skills such as music transcription, festival production, archiving and documentary.
Dialogue sessions of hybrid, online and in-person engagement providing for a group of panellists from Johannesburg, South Africa, Europe and USA to engage around the anniversary of democracy and the role of culture and activism in bringing change.

The publishing of new permanent teaching resources, general knowledge and capacity building manuals provides for year round syllabus an outcomes based education opportunities for all ages. A year long engagement for a network of community centres and training academies to develop a self-reliance in their heritage practices so as to contribute meaningfully to the 30 years of democracy in SA celebrations.

Imbizo yamaKhono you get 26 multi-media music training modules made in South Africa. The objective was to provide an audio-visual education, innovative and sustainable solution in the arts sector for authentic and sustainable growth. Bringing innovative South African Music Arts and Cultural Heritage content into schools, academies and community centres. These education materials benefit musicians, learners and teachers. The learning modules are task-based, including pre-task and post-task exercises combined with training videos.

Besides classroom learning, they provide e-learning modules for learners with eeducational content and arts and culture. An innovative “free-learning” approach introduces and trains our target markets to learn music in a smarter way through the ever-improving internet and online technologies. Depending on the amount and availability of funds support our community centres in South Africa with these quality education resources.