AfriMus Residency Explores Decolonisation, Heritage, and Innovation in African Musicology
African musicians and sound artists are invited to use for the AfricaMuseum (AfriMus) musical residency, a programme designed to spotlight up to date city and digital music scenes from the continent. The residency is organised by the AfricaMuseum in Belgium in collaboration with Uganda’s Nyege Nyege and South Africa’s The Black Energy Station.
Targets of the Residency:
- Strengthen the capacities, visibility, entry to skilled alternatives, and community of African musicians and disseminate these cultural coproductions with the AfricaMuseum by way of digital/multimedia channels.
- Assist the creation of audiovisual tasks similar to a video clip, video podcast, documentary, and many others. by musicians and sound artists.
- Provoke discussions and dialogues on musical heritage and contribute to the resounding and revival of the gathering.
- Analysis interval by musicians and sound artists on the AfricaMuseum for the conclusion of the audiovisual tasks and facilitate the valorisation of sound archives and collections to the worldwide public.
- Develop new ideas on creation, restitution and the decolonisation of ethnographic museum archives and collections by way of musical and analysis actions.
- AfriMus invitations a single, chosen candidate to Belgium to create an area for reflection, or to create work associated to the museum’s collections; to think about questions of identification, the historical past of the collections, and the musical practices of the international locations of origin.
The residency presents:
- A funds to help an audiovisual manufacturing (videoclip, video podcast, documentary and many others) in Africa with a neighborhood crew throughout March – June.
- A residency on the AfricaMuseum for 4 weeks between September and October 2026. Journey prices, lodging, per diem and costs (lump sum/week) can be coated by the AfricaMuseum.
Throughout the residency in Belgium, a funds is foreseen for a finalised audiovisual/auditory work to be exhibited to the general public.
Eligibility
Candidates should:
- Reside in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, or South Africa.
- Maintain a sound passport for journey to Europe.
- Be English or French-speaking.
- Don’t have any age restrict restrictions.
- Be engaged in African digital music or sound-based practices.
Utility Necessities
Functions have to be submitted by Friday 14th November 2025 to stephanie.booto@africamuseum.be and remy.jadinon@africamuseum.be, with the next topic line: Audiovisual manufacturing AfriMus 2026 Afrika.
A whole software should embody:
- Curriculum Vitae (CV).
- Copy of a sound passport.
- Motivation letter.
- Portfolio (PDF or on-line hyperlink) with not less than three audio-visual works.
- Mission proposal and funds for the African audio-visual manufacturing, together with crew references.
- Mission proposal and funds for the Belgian residency, together with an in depth work plan.
The AfriMus residency goals to resume and broaden the AfricaMuseum’s in depth musicology collections, which embody 37,000 sound recordings, 20,000 images, 9,000 musical devices, and archives documenting Central African musical traditions. The venture seeks to attach these historic supplies with present African musical practices.
Discover out extra concerning the Residency and software necessities right here.