Creative South has coordinated tours and creative exchanges across the region
6 artist Leading to residencies
15 artists leading to 5 international collaborations.
3 hosted regional Hub Meet Ups in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique.
Through all this we’ve managed to launch brand new music, new murals, comedy specials and one poetry anthology.
We’ve built a successful, resilient touring network and a homegrown knowledge sharing platform. Most importantly, we’ve built trust amongst our hubs in different countries and inspired new creative ways of collaborating and sharing skills in our region!
The Creative South Collaborations were made up of 27 creatives over a period off 3 years
Half of the exchanges took place virtually while the other half took place physically.
As most of the programming was virtual, the content was shared on websites and Moto Republik and other Creative South Partner social media pages. The
In total 200 people attended the events collectively.
Comedy Special in Kenya, Art Exhibition in Mozambique and the Women’s Exchange in Botswana were all hosted during the COVID 19 pandemic meaning very few people could physically be in attendance.
2021 meet up SOAR (Space Out Artist Residency) is a virtual residency hosted by Gilbert’s HouseGarage in Botswana in collaboration with Anima from Mozambique and artists from Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Liberate My Pussy’ was an ebook collaboration between a Kenyan poet and Zimbabwean illustrator curated by Creatives Garage in Kenya.
Modzi Arts musician Mumba Yachi collaborated with Zimbabwean musicians the Monkey Nuts. Three songs were produced as a result of these collaborations and are set to be released in mid- December 2020.
The making of Sounds of Ubuntu - Behind the Scenes with The Monkey Nuts & Mumba Yachi
Bolingo ft Mumba Yachi and The Monkey Nuts
Ulemu ft The Monkey Nuts and Mumba Yachi
Mbukutu ft The Monkey Nuts, Mumba Yachi
Anybody Can Gerrit was a comedy special hosted by Kenya’s Creatives Garage and featuredtwo satirists from Zimbabwe; female satirist Munya Guramatunhu and male satirist TinayeChiketa from Magamba TV’s weekly satirical show The Week -
Anybody Can Gerrit - Kenya Comedy Special ft Munya Guramatunhu
Anybody Can Gerrit - Kenya Comedy Special ft Tinaye Wayne