MA was initiated by the Young Arab Theatre Fund (YATF) and a group of African and Arab organisations to facilitate and encourage the mobility of artists and cultural operators within the African continent. AMA was incubated in July 2005 by YATF and became an independent international organization in February 2008.
Art Moves Africa (AMA) is an international not-for-profit organisation that aims to facilitate cultural and artistic exchanges within the African continent. AMA offers travel funds to artists, arts professionals and cultural operators living and working in Africa to travel within the African continent in order to engage in the exchange of information, the enhancement of skills, the development of informal networks, and the pursuit of cooperation.
AMA is an independent initiative working towards a sustainable creative sector in Africa through support for the mobility of artists and cultural practitioners within Africa. AMA works to facilitate the creation of collaborations, the development of networks, the circulation of artworks and ideas, and the enhancement of skills. AMA works through travel grants schemes, information-sharing, a research program as well as advocacy activities
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