Programmes
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In May 2024, Njabala Foundation, Independent Curators International (ICI) and AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions, launched a mentorship programme for emerging female-identifying curators based in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Exploring the theme “Curating as Multiplying Mediation and Access to Culture,” this programme aims to support emerging arts workers enabling them to develop their practice and research, access resources, and engage in dialogue with exhibition curators from East Africa and beyond. It also seeks to promote the creation of tools and initiatives to raise awareness about gender issues in the East African context. Six selected mentees will be accompanied by their mentors to develop and support their projects.
Further information can be found on the Njabala Foundation website.
Members
Nafkot Gebeyehu
Mentee
Documentary photographer and journalist based in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Turakella Editha Gyindo (Tura)
Mentee
Curator, multidisciplinary artist based in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Maria Olivia Nakato
Mentee
Curator at Muumba Collective based in Kampala (Uganda)
Wairimu Nduba
Mentee
Sonic curator, multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi (Kenya)
Nicole Remus
Mentee
Curator, scenographer, poet, and multidisciplinary artist based in Jinja (Uganda)
Sarah Waiswa
Mentee
Artist, documentary photographer based in Nairobi (Kenya)
Rose Jepkorir Kiptum
Mentor
Co-exhibition curator for Wanakuboeka Feelharmonic, Naijographia, and 28 Words in Maputo (Mozambique)
Ba Taonga Julia Kaunda-Kaseka
Mentor
Multidisciplinary curator, mentor, and designer of social spaces based in Lusaka (Zambia)
Portia Malatjie
Mentor
Art historian and curator based in Johannesburg (South Africa)
Georgina Maxim
Mentor
Artist, exhibition curator, and founder of Village Unhu collective in Harare (Zimbabwe)
Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa
Mentor
Researcher, writer, and exhibition curator based between Harare (Zimbabwe) and Makhanda (South Africa)
Violet Nantume
Mentor
Curator and director of UNDER GROUND based in Kampala (Uganda)
