We have followed the SampleBar journey from the start and it’s so great to see how well the finished digitised tool is being received both in Kenya and beyond our borders! #IgniteCultureEA

The SampleBar project is an interactive ethnomusiocological exhibit that aims to preserve and showcase Kenya’s cultural heritage through digitalised music recordings. #IgniteCultureEA

A big congratulations to beneficiary SampleBar Kenya who had a wonderful opportunity to showcase their project - The SampleBar at the just concluded Paris Olympic Games🎉 #IgniteCultureEA #nimesampliwa #parisolympics2024

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Exciting news! 🎉 Our Ignite Culture grant fund grantee, the Kenya Cultural Centre, has made history! Their poetry curriculum developed through our programme has officially been approved by the TVET CDACC and TVET Authority in Kenya. 🌍 👏 #IgniteCultureEA

We are very proud and honoured to have supported this feat via the Ignite Culture Programme, congratulations once again👏🏾👏🏾 #IgniteCultureEA

The fellowship also developed an e-commerce platform to provide retail, market access and visibility opportunities for fashion designers. This video gives us a little taste of what the 2023 cohort got to learn and experience during the program. #IgniteCultureEA #boldwoman

We saw authors, musicians, journalists, academics, poets, artists and the like all come together to celebrate the public libraries as spaces for art, culture, & knowledge production and they were also given a platform to express/showcase their work. #IgniteCultureEA #nbolitfest

Beneficiary Book Bunk held their annual NBO Litfest in August last year where Ignite Culture was a proud sponsor. NBO Litfest is a literary festival anchored in Nairobi’s public libraries featuring stories & ideas emerging from Nairobi & beyond. #IgniteCultureEA #nbolitfest

#IgniteCultureProjectRecap💥 It’s been a minute but we’re back on here! The Ignite Culture project is soon coming to an end & as we continue to go down memory road with all the great projects that have come out of this financing facility… #IgniteCultureEA #nbolitfest

Excited to unveil 'The Love You Give,' a 15-min performance by Swiss choreographer Muhammed Kaltuk. After 3 weeks of collaboration in Uganda, watch sneak peeks featuring 4 dancers Stay tuned! 🌟 #ignitecultureea #theyougive #Dance #choreography #Uganda #africa

Abel Nakwechu (featured) is part of a Moran musical group and in this clip he plays the traditional Mawuo horn, a sound that has been added to the SampleBar Kenya repertoire🎵 #IgniteCultureEA #nimesampliwa

#IgniteCultureProjectRecap💥 So far we’ve been watching people sample the SampleBar Kenya today let’s see how the team recorded some of the traditional sounds. This recording was from the Ilchamus community, located south & southeast of Lake Baringo. #IgniteCultureEA #NimeSampliwa

#IgniteCultureProjectRecap💥 Sauti za Busara curate the annual, globally-acclaimed Sauti Za Busara festival which takes place every February. #IgniteCultureEA #szb2024

#IgniteCultureProjectRecap💥 The hilarious Standup Collective Kenya held their annual Nairobi International Comedy Festival earlier this year as a close out to their project and it featured comedic geniuses from Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, and the USA. #IgniteCultureEA

60 artists showcased their work to various audiences in three venues in Kibera. The exhibition was part of Uweza’s granted project that aimed to improve market access and amplify the voices of artists from Nairobi’s informal settlements. #IgniteCultureEA

#IgniteCultureProjectRecap💥 Beneficiary Uweza’s Wasanii wa Mtaani exhibition was held in the heart of the community, a place the featured artists call home. #IgniteCultureEA

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