BEYOND EXILE
MUSIC GATHERING
TRUE HEROES
“What is really important? What really matters?”
Skills Transfer: The main aim is what Germans call Nachwuchsförderung which is a nationally recognised tradition and policy by which knowledge and skills are purposefully transferred from the current generation to the next.
Veteran free-jazz musicians hold capacity building and training jazz workshops directed at interested and upcoming youth from the townships and rural areas.
Our struggle continues to restore cultural memory, sustainability and bring positive and lasting change to South Africa and the world. Jazz is a universal language representing freedom and is a catalyst for restorative justice through holistic music education including creative industry, mentorship and cultural exchange. #nachwuchs
Imvuselelo: South Africa’s culture memory was lost during apartheid but not destroyed. The return of the complete archive of 25 years of exile history provides new access to new capacity building resources and inspiring legacies.
Restoration of archives and oral history projects, through the publishing of new resources including sheet music, DVDs and training manuals, the creation of new resources through dialogue sessions, workshops, masterclasses and training videos made freely available online. #imvuselelo
Multi-media approach: Live recording, photography, internet broadcast and published content for archives and permanent and sustainabl media, libraries, community centres and education at large, thereby opening the doors of education to the long-term solution of more local culture content in syllabus through mentorship.
Documenting and archiving Eastern Cape Cultural heritage.
- Creating new and shared music education curricula from the legacy of an international co-operation.
- Creating a living archive, and dynamic knowledge foundation for cultural memory that has furthered the cause of freedom, equality, social responsibility and humanity through Jazz.
- Shedding light on the immense importance and impact of Eastern Cape jazz music on all communities within Eastern Cape, Southern Africa and the world at large.
- Bridging the gaps between geography, history and economy, through this direct meetings between this untold legacy of profound international co-operation.
#afribeatmusic #sausagefilms
JAA is a year-long programme of capacity building, including panel discussions of hybrid, online and in-person engagement providing for a group of panellists from Johannesburg, South Africa, Europe, UK, Switzerland and USA; Skills Transfer through physical workshops, resource delivery and student participation.
International experts to impart lifetime knowledge for emerging artists to participate in the long-term economic growth of the creative economy.
An online hub serves as a knowledge foundation and platform for sharing of experiences between students. An online channel allows for both teacher and students work to be shared in an exponential impact.
An inventory and Database is the sharing of the knowledge archives to libraries and academies to expand access to resources and promote new research.
New outcomes-based capacity building resources to empower arts educators with a sustainable solution in the arts in education.
User-generated content for interactive task-based outcomes learning. Students are empowered to generate their own content around the themes of culture, activism, democracy and freedom.
MUSIC LIBERATION
As the fight for South African democracy was worldwide, so the fight for equality in the education system will be worldwide. The powerful human rights commitment of this programme draws in collaborators from across the globe to activate other human rights causes such as social development, rural development, equal access to opportunity and education, capacity building and economic empowerment.
- Jazz and Cultural Activism
- Jazz and Cultural Memory
- Jazz for Equal Access to Opportunity and Education
- Jazz for Rural Development
As co-founder of the cause Jazz Against Apartheid (JAA), Dyani’s legacy was performed prolifically in Germany, Switzerland and the USA, profiling the music and its message of liberation, collective freedom, and humanity through a musical collaboration of South Africans living in exile and German musicians. But this is one of many legacies that built solidarity for South Africa’s cause all over the world.
Musicians from United Kingdom, Canada and Germany, EU, Denmark, USA continue to share with South African professionals, colleagues students and collaborators.
- Collaboration between veteran international musicians and young Eastern Cape musicians.
- Workshop in Duncan Village for future students of the music
- Introduction of the music of Johnny Dyani to schools, academies and teachers
- Celebration of music and freedom through a concert at Steve Biko Centre
- Singing the praises of a great unsung hero of Eastern Cape – Johnny Dyani
Song for Biko
"I write what I like" Steve Biko's iconic book inspired the whole world in the 1970s to discovering their authentic selves. Here a group of German, UK, Canadian and South African musicians in the Eastern Cape celebrate Song for Biko composed by Johnny Mbizo Dyani.