Arts Organisations

Africa at the Pictures

Africa at the Pictures promotes African film in the UK and Europe, providing a platform for debate and discussion relating to African Cinema.

London

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AfricArt

AfricArt maintains a constant collection of artworks from Nigeria and Zimbabwe. Works are available for viewing by appointment. During the Brighton Festival in the month of May we participate with an Open House Exhibition and accompanying workshops. We also offer Art Rental Services to companies who wish to enhance their office space with unusual pieces of art for the benefit of both their employees and visitors.

London

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Alternative Arts

Alternative Arts is a pioneering arts organisation. We invest in new artists and new ideas and aim to make the arts highly accessible to the public. We present a multi-disciplinary programme throughout each year covering a wide range of art forms including jazz, dance, mime, theatre, circus, opera, literature, fashion and the visual arts.

London

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Archive & Museum of Black Heritage

The Archives and Museums of Black Heritage (AMBH) aims to create a space within museum culture to question, articulate and celebrate the history and culture of the African Diaspora in Britain, and to counter the sense of being 'heritage-less'.

London

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Association of Dance of the African Diaspora

Our aim is to facilitate the development of a strong infrastructure for dance of the African Diaspora in Britain.

London

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AWAD (African Women Arts Development) International Network

AWAD's mission is to promote change in the general perception of African women's arts and cultural heritage thereby challenging obstructive practices, unfair competition, gender oppression and inequality towards social-economic progress of African women artists locally, nationally and internationally.

Manchester

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Badejo Arts

We create and present contemporary African dance and music with the aim of encouraging participation and appreciation of the African dance forms. Our artistic objective is to develop African performing arts as a contemporary phenomenon, relevant to the lives and experiences of the African community.

London

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Batafon Arts

Batafon Arts provide traditional west African percussion, dance and singing workshops for adults and children. We are also a performance group.

Brighton

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Black Women in the Arts

Our work consists in supporting and promoting the artistic endeavours of female artistes from the African, and African-Caribbean communities.

London

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Chakatcha Performing Arts

Chakatcha is a traditional African and Caribbean dance troupe based in London. Encourages and supports programs, policies and opportunities that ensure the ongoing development, presentation and promotion of African/Caribbean Arts and Cultures through music and dance.

London

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Dance Carib

DanceCarib is a cultural group specialising in African/Caribbean dance drama and drumming. They run Saturday workshops and street and stage performance.

London

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Djambass Music

Djambass Music is a non-profit making organisation promoting understanding and acceptance through multi-cultural music and dance. We bring together some of the most talented African artistes and other musicians in shows, performances and classes. We run regular workshops, and classes individually structured to suit your needs.

London

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Drum Jam

Drum Jam is a Rhythmic Events Entertainment Company. We bring facilitators and drums and percussion to any venue in the UK or Europe.

London

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EMACA Visual Arts

EMACA, based in Nottingham, is a contemporary Black visual arts organisation aiming to visually educate, promote, celebrate and project positive cultural images of African Caribbean artists. It encourages the appreciation and practice of visual arts in the East Midlands.

Nottingham

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Experience Africa

We run African drumming and Music workshops for schools and groups in Devon- UK and beyond. Our vision is to promote diversity and edutainment in UK and beyond.

Devon

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Frititi

Frititi is a traditional African Dance and Drumming Company that also holds workshops at community level

London

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Genna Ethiopian Arts and Theatre

Genna Ethiopian Arts and Theatre is a charity based in St Martin's Community Centre in Camden. The charity provides workshops and performances of Ethiopian drama and music to schools, Pupil Referral Units, hospitals and other community and corporate organisations.

London

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Igbo Cultural and Support Network

The objective of the ICSN Cultural Forum (ICF) is to educate, enlighten and entertain all our members on any cultural and traditional issues concerning the Igbo Language history and background.

London

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Irie Dance Theatre

Irie is Britain's leading dance theatre company working in the field of African and Caribbean dance fusion.

London

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KAI-ZEN Theatre Company

London

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Kuumba Arts and Community Resource Centre

The mission since it's inception in 1974, has been to support and develop cultural, artistic and educational events and workshops, which reflect the history and heritage of Afrikan and Afrikan Caribbean people.

Bristol

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MaAfrika Tikkun

MaAfrika Tikkun UK raises funds in the UK to support the leading NGO in South Africa working in community development. MaAfrika Tikkun in South Africa provides skills and training and cares for a variety of needs in local townships through community-based projects.

London

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Semekor Performing Arts

Semekor Performing Arts strives to maintain the tradition of African dance forms whilst exploring and expanding the contemporary possibilities. The company does this through its educational work, and through its particular style of creation and performance.

London

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Sewa-Education

Sewa-education uses both traditional and modern teaching techniques to bring the joy of West African music and dance to communities in the UK.

London

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Shekere

Shekere is a West African drumming troupe. In our workshops we explore, rhythms, dance and song from Africa.

Devon

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Tavaziva Dance Company

Tavaziva Dance Company explores new territories in combining the rich and diverse traditional dance forms of Africa within a contemporary Western base .

Brentford

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The Drum

The Drum's mission is to lead and facilitate the development, celebration, performance and exhibition of the diversity of Black arts and cultures for the benefit of all.

Birmingham

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Tiata Fahodzi

Tiata Fahodzi (theatre of the emancipated), formed in 1997, is a national touring theatre company with remits in Education, New Writing and Theatre Productions; its main artistic drive.

London

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Toyai Arts

Toyai Arts promotes traditional African culture in the UK and provides cultural and educational services to schools, colleges, communities and adult education centres all over the country.

London

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Yaa Asantewaa Arts & Community Centre

Today YAA remains a champion for Black Arts existing in the spirit of our name Yaa Asantewaa, queen mother of the Ashanti people whose spirit of resistance prevented the British governor to retire their cherished 'golden stool' to the British museum.

London

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