Africa Centre

Africa CentreframelessFormation2004; 18 years ago (2004)TypeNGOLegal statusActivePurposeThe Africa Centre is an international arts and culture centre and platform for exploring contemporary Pan-African artistic practice and knowledge creation as a catalyst for social change."A Short Story: An Introduction To Who We Are And Why We Came To Be". Africa Centre. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.HeadquartersLongstreet, Cape Town, South Africa.Location Cape Town, South Africa.Official language EnglishDirectorTanner MethvinMain organBoard of directorsWebsitewww.africacentre.net
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Cibiyar Afirka, a Cape Town, Afirka ta Kudu, an tsara shi , a matsayin ƙungiya mai zaman kanta wanda zata dinka kula da Afrika na tsakiyamanufar gungiyan ita ce samar da wani dandamali na fasaha, na Pan-African da al'adun gargajiya don yin aiki a matsayin mai haifar da canji na zamantakewa. Duk ayyukan dake gudana, acikin, sauƙaƙewa ko tallafawa suna da wata manufa ta zamantakewa. Waɗannan ayyukan suna samun tallafi daga nau'ikan masu fasaha na Pan-African . 

 Tarihi 
An samar da  Cibiyar Afirka a cikin 2004 a matsayin Kamfanin Sashi na 21 mara riba ta Tanner Methvin, Ralph Freese da Adrian Enthoven a Cape Town, Afirka ta Kudu. Wannan rukunin ya zama ainihin kwamitin gudanarwa. An fara aiwatar da tsarin, duk da haka, a cikin 2003, tare da ƙirƙirar tsarin manufofin raya ƙasa, nazarin tsare-tsare na sararin samaniya, nazarin yuwuwar da tsarin kuɗi da aka ƙirƙira don tantance yiwuwar kwatance da yuwuwar tallafi ga himma. A wannan lokacin an yi hasashen cewa Cibiyar Afirka za ta kasance a cikin wani katafaren gini a Afirka ta Kudu a wani bangare na bunkasa gidaje mai suna Bankin Kudu. Wannan ci gaban an yi niyya ne don ƙirƙirar samfurin rayuwa mai ɗorewa wanda ya haɗa haɗaɗɗen samun kudin shiga, gaurayawan amfani kuma an ƙirƙira shi bisa ƙa'idodin muhalli masu tsauri. Yayin da ake ci gaba da shirin ginin, Hukumar ta nada wani gungun masu fasaha na gani da wasan kwaikwayo, masana da masu kula da su don tantance manufofin falsafa na Cibiyar. Mambobin wannan kungiya sune:

 Adegboyega Adefope – Architect,.
 Bongiwe Dhlomo-Mautloa - mai zane-zane kuma mai kulawa,
 Ntone Edjabe - dan gwagwarmayar al'adu,
 Stanley Hermans - mai zane-zane kuma mai kulawa,
 Faustin Linyekula - mawaƙa,
 Dominique Malaquais - masanin tarihin gine-gine,
 Olu Oguibe - mai fasaha, masanin tarihi kuma mai kula da fasaha,
 shi: Edgar Pieterse - masanin kimiyyar siyasa, kuma
 AbdouMaliq Simone - masanin zamantakewa.

A cikin watanni 18, mambobin kungiyar sun gudanar da taron tattaunawa da bita da yawa a Afirka, Arewacin Amurka da Turai. Waɗannan tarurrukan sun haifar da jerin takaddun matsayi waɗanda ke mai da hankali kan tsarin mahallin, masu sauraro masu yiwuwa da kuma abubuwan da ke cikin Cibiyar Afirka, tsarin gine-ginenta da shirye-shiryen da ake sa ran za a haɓaka cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa.

Abin da ya fito daga aikin ƙungiyar tunani da Hukumar shine niyyar ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar da za ta iya ƙirƙira, jagoranci, ƙalubalanci da wuce gaskiyar ta na yanki; don jawo sabbin masu sauraro zuwa sabbin abubuwan da suka sake maimaita yadda muke fahimta da gano al'ummarmu da kanmu. Manufar ita ce samar da wani wuri da aka keɓe don bikin, ƙirƙira da aiwatar da fasahar fasaha da fasaha ta Afirka ta zamani. Abin da ya fi muhimmanci shi ne sanin cewa wannan muryar ita ce ƴaƴan zance, jayayya da jayayya. Don haka Cibiyar Afirka na da nufin nuna wannan nau'in ainihi, zama mai himma da mai da martani kuma koyaushe mai tsokana. Cibiyar Afirka tana ƙoƙarin zama gidan ra'ayi na avant-garde, ta dinka hanyoyin musanyawa da muhawara; Amincewar kwakwalwa tare da ikon gudanar da aiki, haɗin gwiwa tare da wasu ƙungiyoyi, tallafawa, tsarawa da haɓaka tarin albarkatu. Yana so ya zama ɗan ƙasa mai ban sha'awa wanda ke da alhakin ayyukan zamantakewa da kuma ci gaba mai dorewa, kuma yana da damar yin amfani da fasaha da al'adu don haɓaka cikakkiyar kwarewar ɗan adam

Yayin da hangen nesan ya ci gaba ya bayyana a fili cewa gina gine-ginen da ya dace don gina ayyukansa duka biyu ne marasa amfani kuma ba su da kyau. Burin Cibiyar Afirka na yin aiki tare da kuma a cikin yanayin Pan-African ya sa ƙirƙirar ra'ayoyi da abun ciki a birni ɗaya a Afirka ta Kudu ba zai yiwu ba. A shekara ta (2007) Cibiyar Afirka ta yanke shawarar cewa ba za ta sake neman gina Cibiyar ta zahiri ba, a maimakon haka za ta samar da tsarin da bai dace ba don ƙirƙirar ayyuka, da bayyana a duk faɗin Afirka da ƙasashen waje.

 Ayyuka 

 Mai zane a Mazauni 
Mai zane a cikin shirin zama na haɗin gwiwa ne tare da mazauna a Ostiraliya, Brazil, Habasha, Finland, Netherlands, Afirka ta Kudu, Turkiyya da Amurka ta Amurka inda Cibiyar Afirka ke gudanar da bincike a fadin Afirka don neman masu fasaha 13 (a baya 10). shekara, a fadin fannonin ilimi, don shiga ɗaya daga cikin wuraren zama na haɗin gwiwa. An ƙaddamar da shirin don tallafawa masu fasaha daga Afirka waɗanda ke da ban sha'awa, sababbin abubuwa, masu dacewa da kuma sha'awar gaske tare da al'amuran zamantakewa da nau'o'in fasaha.

 Wakar Badilisha 
Badilisha Poetry X-Change, dandali ne da aka sadaukar domin baje kolin wakoki daga Afirka da na kasashen waje. Ita ce kawai dandamalin faifan bidiyo a duniya da aka keɓe ga mawaƙan Pan-African. Aikin Badilisha ya fara ne da abubuwan da suka faru kai tsaye a cikin 2006 da ke gudanar da bukukuwan wakoki 1-2 a kowace shekara. An kaddamar da gidan rediyon waqoqin Badilisha a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 2010 tare da gabatar da sabbin muryoyi da nau’o’in waqoqi ta hanyar fasfo din mawaka na mako-mako na mawakan Afrika da na kasashen waje. A halin yanzu akwai mawaka fiye da 100 da aka gabatar. "(Niyyarta) ita ce ta gabatar da wane da abin da Afirka za ta ce wa kanta da sauran kasashen duniya." 

 Cutar da Garin 
Cutar da Birni bikin fasaha ne na jama'a da ake gudanarwa kowace shekara a tsakiyar yankin kasuwanci na Cape Town . Mako guda a kowace shekara, "Cutar da Birni" (ITC) tana mayar da Cape Town zuwa wani babban gidan tarihi mai nuna tsokana, manyan ayyukan fasahar jama'a na duniya da na gida waɗanda ke da alaƙa a cikin yanayin birni. Cutar da birni yawanci tana ɗaukar nau'ikan zane-zane iri uku: ayyukan haɗin gwiwa, ayyukan da aka ba da izini, da sa hannun masu sauraro. Waɗannan ayyukan ana ba da su kyauta ga jama'a a cikin birni na gama gari. Haɓaka hangen nesa na birni shine haɓaka fasahar jama'a waɗanda ke fama da lamuran zamantakewa masu mahimmanci ga Afirka ta Kudu da kuma yanayin ɗan adam, waɗanda ke isa ga duk wanda ke zaune da aiki a cikin Birni. Tun lokacin da aka kafa shi a cikin 2008 ya sami kwarewa fiye da mutane 50,000, ya haɗa da 814 masu fasaha na gida da na duniya, kuma ya nuna nau'o'in 81 daban-daban.

 Tashar Sararin Samaniya ta Pan-Afrika 
Wannan aikin yana ƙoƙarin yin da'awar menene kiɗan Afirka kuma zai iya zama. Tashar Sararin Samaniya ta Pan-African (PASS) ta haɗa da tsoma baki na tsawon kwanaki 30 na kiɗa na shekara-shekara ta hanyar gidan rediyo mai kyauta da kuma wuraren da ba a zata ba a babban birnin Cape Town. Manufar da ke tattare da aikin ita ce rungumar zuriyar da ke tsara kide-kide a ciki da wajen Afirka da kuma kalubalantar ra'ayoyin da ke tattare da kida daga wannan nahiyar. Wannan aikin ba game da haɗawa da tushen Afirka ba; shi ne game da binciko yanayin duniyar Afirka a cikin karni na 21 ta hanyar kiɗa. 

 Sarari don Ƙirƙirar Bincike da Ilimi na Pan-Afrika (SPARCK) 
Wannan aikin wani shiri ne na Pan-African na gwaje-gwajen wuraren zama na horo da yawa, tarurrukan bita, taron tattaunawa, nune-nune, wallafe-wallafe da wasan kwaikwayon da suka ta'allaka kan sabbin hanyoyin da za'a bi da su zuwa sararin birni. Aikin ya shafi birane da dama a Afirka da ma bayan haka: Lubumbashi, Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo ; Aba, Nigeria ; Touba, Senegal ; Karachi, Pakistan ; Dubai, UAE, da Guangzhou, China . Yin aiki azaman aikin shekara-shekara, wanda ya fara a cikin 2008, tsarin jigon sa na shekaru uku yana buɗe burin musanyawa tsakanin mahalarta da masu sauraron su. Taken aikin shine "Net/Ayyuka: Al'adu na Yanki a Samar da Duniyar Afirka." Wannan jigon yana game da birane da fasaha na yarjejeniyar. Mafarinsa shine abin dubawa: birane a Afirka a yau sune ginshiƙan canji, motsi, tunani da hangen nesa na gaba. Duk da wahalhalu masu yawa, ba ko kaɗan daga cikin manyan rugujewar ababen more rayuwa ba, ƴan wasan kwaikwayo iri-iri suna amfani da filayen birane a duk faɗin nahiyar a matsayin hanyoyin ginawa da sabunta tattalin arziki, al'adu da kawunansu. Ta hanyar hadaddun matsuguni na ƙaura, kasuwanci da al'adun ƙetare masu alaƙa, suna tasowa tare da haɓaka ƙarfi a matsayin dandamali na ɗimbin ɗimbin ɗimbin jama'a, ƙaƙƙarfan cudanya da 'yan Afirka tare da, ta ciki da kuma ko'ina cikin duniya. SPARCK ta hanyar ruwan tabarau na ayyukan fasaha daban-daban yana bincika, muhawara, da bayyana sabbin hanyoyin fahimtar wannan jigon. SPARCK website.

 Spier Contemporary 
An samar da Spier Contemporary sau biyu, duka a matsayin nuni da kuma gasa a 2008 da 2010. An yi la'akari da shi don samar da dandamali ga masu fasahar gani da wasan kwaikwayo na Afirka ta Kudu a kowane nau'i na matsakaici, daga mafi al'ada, irin su zane-zane da sassaka, zuwa zane-zane da sabbin kayan aikin watsa labaru, don nuna ayyukansu, ba tare da damuwa da iyakokin fasaha ba., sarari da shiga. Masu zane-zane a Afirka ta Kudu galibi suna aiki a ƙarƙashin yanayi daban-daban kuma suna ganin duniya daga ra'ayoyi daban-daban. Waɗannan bambance-bambancen suna tsara ainihin asalin ƙasa da yanayin zamantakewa da al'adu na musamman. The Spier Contemporary ya samar da wani dandali na binciko bambance-bambancen Afirka ta Kudu, yana baiwa masu sauraro damar fahimtar sarkar sa da kuma ba da gudummawa ga fahimtar Afirka ta Kudu game da bambanci.

Babban makasudin wannan zamani na Spier shine: Ƙirƙirar babban baje kolin kasa, wanda da gaske ke nuna bambance-bambancen al'ummomin fasahar gani da wasan kwaikwayo da ke zaune a Afirka ta Kudu; Haɓaka sabbin masu sauraro da kasuwanni don masu fasaha, waɗanda galibi ba sa samun damar samun masu siye 30,000+; Samun dama ga sababbin masu sauraro da haɓaka jin daɗin su na nau'ikan zane-zane; da Ba da horo da haɓakawa ga masu fasaha na gani da wasan kwaikwayo da masu kulawa.

Baje kolin na 2008 na farko ya sami gabatarwa sama da 2,500 masu fasaha daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar, ya baje kolin masu fasaha 95 a Cape Town da Johannesburg kuma ya karɓi baƙi 25,000. Nunin na 2010 ya sami gabatarwa sama da 2,700 masu fasaha, da masu fasaha 101, sun jawo hankalin mutane sama da 20,000 a Cape Town. Hotunan zane-zane da aka zaba a matsayin wani bangare na gasar a shekarar 2010 sun zagaya birane hudu a Afirka ta Kudu tare da jawo hankalin mutane 23,000.  

 Masu Magana 
Talking Heads wani dandali ne mai nau'i-nau'i, na raba ilimi wanda aka yi niyya don ganowa, nunawa da fallasa shugabannin tunanin Afirka. Yana bayyana ra'ayoyi, hangen nesa da bayyanar masana, ƙwararrun ƙwararrun mutane da na musamman waɗanda ke zaune a Afirka. Aikin yana da girma dabam dabam, amma sassa biyu na farko sune Talking Heads Live da Media. An tsara abubuwan da suka faru na Live don ba wa mahalarta damar samun damar tattaunawa na minti 20 (mambobi masu sauraro biyu da ƙwararren ƙwararren kowane tebur) tare da masana daban-daban guda hudu. Kowane taron ya ƙunshi masana 40 – 50 waɗanda suka fito daga masana kimiyyar sararin samaniya, masu hasashen tattalin arziki, masu fafutuka a nan gaba, zuwa masu fafutukar jima'i da masana kimiyyar nukiliya, ainihin maraice na Wikipedia na shugabannin tunanin Afirka. Bangaren Mai jarida yana ɗaukar fa'idodin abubuwan da suka faru kai tsaye zuwa ga ɗimbin masu sauraro ta hanyar ƙirƙirar ƙaramin takardu na tursasawa mahalarta daga abubuwan raye-raye na Shugabancin Magana. Ana yin fim ɗin ne da kuma gyara waɗannan ƙananan takardun ta yadda za a kawo bayanai da ƙwarewar da ake samu daga shugabannin tunanin Afirka zuwa ga ɗimbin jama'a. 

 Magana 
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