change starts with
''we''
''Change will not come if
we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've
been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.''
Barack Obama
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EDUCATION
Access to community specific education and the transfer of knowledge are the key for change in our community.
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurship is needed to solve our social problems with innovative business ideas and to act as change agents in our society.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
The empowerment of our community and the creation of strong social cohesion are the pillars for a resourceful future.
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short story about us
aBantu Development Agency is a South African Not for Profit Company (NPC) and Not for Profit Organization (NPO) based in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Our goal is to facilitate development and support economic growth within the townships of Port Elizabeth and around the Eastern Cape. Through our projects and programs we aim to provide the necessary resources and development assistance to the communities. Our approach to address the challenges on local level is highly influenced by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
COLLABORATION
We only create a better future through respectful communication and cooperation.
From the community to the community
We are never too young to have visions and never too old to start afresh.
From the community to the community
We choose professionals and experts who speak the same language as our beneficiaries
SUSTAINABILITY
We only refine ideas that help sustain the community and the environment
Amandla music against discrimination cultural exchange 2022
September 2022
After the 2021 virtual concert, with music played by migrant and refugee artists alongside German musicians .
This year we invited Edgar Muzah and his band to visit Osnabrück for the Amandla fest. They stayed in Germany for 8 days collaborating with local musiciansa and also performed at the Fest der Kulturen by the city of Osnabrück
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Amandla music against discrimination cultural exchange
24 November 2021
The event will take the shape of a virtual concert, with music played by migrant and refugee artists alongside German musicians.
The performances are pre-recorded in front of a small crowd.
The
pandemic has also closed borders, making it difficult for artists to
travel and collaborate with artists from other countries. As a result,
we've chosen to extend the event to our fellow artists in Gqeberha [Port
Elizabeth, South Africa] as part of the initiative's cultural exchange
component.
Harambee Live, Cliff Barnes and The Fear of Winning
(Germany), Ozan Tunc (Turkey), Visa Band (Syria), Nomabotwe and
PoeticSoul(South Africa) are among the acts performing this year. This
project is supported by The city of Osnabrück is funding this effort
through their kulturmarathon gemeinsam für Osnabrück program.
In addition, we collaborate with the Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) in Gqeberha, South Africa.
ekse school radio camp
04 June 2021
ekse school radio has been announced as the Ellen and Karl-Heinz Hornhues Stiftung Pro Afrika award for 2021, this is an Africa Prize as part of the International Cultural Festival in Osnabrück Germany. The prize money will go towards much needed equipment and administration of the school radio.
Amandla music against discrimination EATERN CAPE LOWER SAXONY cultural exchange
15 September 2022
aBantu development e.V., our sister organization in Osnabrück, Germany, staged their third Amandla festival, and it was via this event that we collaborated to send Edgar Muzah and his band as part of our Eastern Cape Lower Saxony intercultural exchange program. Edgar Muza's eGqeberha went to Germany with his band and performed at the Amandla Festival. He was also scheduled to appear in the city of Osnabrück's Fest der Kulturen 2022. During their stay, the band also interacted with Makatumbe, a band from Hannover, Harambee Live, a band from Osnabrück, and other musicians from Lower Saxony. Mthokozisi Mabuza, a pianist and musical director who works with Edgar Muzah, is included on Makatumbe's new record, which will be released this year, as a result of this engagement.
ekse school radio camp
04 June 2021
ekse school radio has been announced as the Ellen and Karl-Heinz Hornhues Stiftung Pro Afrika award for 2021, this is an Africa Prize as part of the International Cultural Festival in Osnabrück Germany. The prize money will go towards much needed equipment and administration of the school radio.
abantu converstations through art(craft product development)
21 February 2022
We took 7 women who work in arts and craft on a product development retreat. This retreat was a session to get to know the women behind the products and to understand their process of creation and design. Our Facilitator Gugu Peteni took them through the processes of design and generating ideas. Sessions to crit and look deeper into their products was an interesting and insightful journey. The project is running for three months, where the women will be taken through steps of developing products that can compete in the market. At the end of the product development they will come out with products that will be exhibited at the Mendi Arts Center in New Brighton Port Elizabeth.
This project is proudly funded by the National Arts Council(NAC) and in collaboration with the Mendi Art Center.
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