Profile: Amazwi
Year Founded
2007
Type
Non-profit
Last on Think
Updated on: 11/06/2007 03:12
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Mission Statement
Amazwi, a volunteer-driven arts organization, utilizes vehicles of storytelling to build upon and strengthen its founding pillars of empowerment, preservation, and education. We welcome you to Amazwi, a South African NPO with three projects: Writers and Artists in Residence (WARP), a.magazine: non-fiction narratives of africa, and the School of Media Arts (SOMA). a.magazine will be distributed this fall in independent booksellers in the USA, Canada, and South Africa. Look for our magazine and enjoy an artistic view of African Life; or read the Amazwi Villager, and understand the importance of training rural women narrative journalism. Amazwi--Zulu for voices--empowers women to write the stories that need to be heard. Their voices become stronger with each issue published. We welcome you--and your voice--to help us develop a female media representation in South Africa.
Location
PO Box 1128
Hoedspruit 1380
South Africa
Phone
+27 15 793 9150
Fax
+1 630 344 1347
Website
www.amazwi.org
Email
info@amazwi.org
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No news is bad news...
Acornhoek residents reading the Villager at the launch party hosted by the Loa Hotel.
By Amazwi on november 07, 2007
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Party at Loa Hotel
SOMA student, Amukelani Mashele and community guests.
By Amazwi on november 07, 2007
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Launch party at Loa Hotel
SOMA students and a.magazine Managing Editor, Tracey Samuelson.
By Amazwi on november 07, 2007
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At the printers
SOMA students watch their work transform into finished print.
By Amazwi on november 07, 2007
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Antoinette Mhlanga’s poem "Education"
Listen to the first of many student recordings. We will be showcasing their work and look for more voices from South Africa to come!
By Amazwi on october 08, 2007
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The SOMA class of 2007
Our students are women who reside in or around Acornhoek, an apartheid era "homeland". Educational opportunities are limited due to their expense. Amazwi, through our generous support, is able to provide them a full scholarship to earn a vocational degree.
By Amazwi on october 05, 2007
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SOMA Students
SOMA selected fourteen talented women for a ten month program training in Narrative journalism. Our students received a full scholarship and dedicated 40 hours a week to refining their skills.
By Amazwi on october 04, 2007
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