Marvellous Tshuma – The Queen of baTonga

Written by Upenyu Makoni-Muchemwa People living with disabilities (PLWDs) face multiple and complex challenges in Zimbabwe. As well as the challenges unique to their disability, people living with disabilities also face social and structural exclusion leading to negative stereotyping and stigmatisation and are less likely to participate in most social activities and governance processes. The same challenges also affect people from ethnic minorities that have been marginalised from State-led development for many years. At the nexus of these challenges is 2020 Voice2Rep Zimbabwe Finalist Marvellous Tshuma, stage name Marve Tee, a young woman from Binga, and a member of the [...]

2022-02-08T09:52:15+00:003rd September 2021|

Voice2Rep winner sets sights on ground-breaking foundation

BARELY a year after being announced as the Voice To Represent (Voice2Rep) Zimbabwe inaugural winner last year, gospel signer, Sarah Yvette Bonne is already working on establishing an art-based foundation for women. Bonne, who is behind the song Hear Me Now, has set her sights on establishing the Artistic Women's Foundation (AWF) as a means of empowering women to realise their dreams in the arts industry. She wants to give women aged 16 years and above a chance to make something of their talents. Be it musicians, poetesses, choreographers or actresses, all will be catered for in her soon-to-be-established non-profit [...]

2021-08-25T12:53:02+00:0018th August 2021|

Accountability Lab Liberia hosted the Democracy Training for selected artists, DJs & radio managers

Accountability Lab Liberia with funding from the National Endowment for Democracy, hosted a two-day democracy training for 15 radio managers, disc jockeys, and artists, from Bong, Grand Bassa, Montserrado, and Nimba counties. The training which is a core component of AL Liberia’s ongoing Democracy campaign (Voice2Rep) supports the media to use their platform supported by the National Endowment for Democracy, NED. The interactive training took place at our iCampus office, home of accountability, creativity, innovation, technology and social change, on Carey Street, Snapper Hill in Monrovia. The two-day capacity building training was aimed at increasing the understanding and knowledge of [...]

2021-07-14T11:52:09+00:0030th June 2021|

PRESS RELEASE: National Endowment for Democracy Supports Democracy Concert in Four Counties

Accountability Lab Liberia, in partnership with the National Endowment for Democracy, launched a Voice2Rep (formerly Rap2Rep) tour and concert in four locations – Gbarnga, Bong; Buchanan, Grand Bassa; Monrovia, Montserrado; and Ganta, Nimba – as part of conscious efforts to spread civic education messages to the youth and citizens in these areas around elections participation and related issues. The concert aimed to present creative ways of educating the youth and citizens of their roles and responsibilities during and after elections periods, emphasizing the need to engage with political and aspiring candidates that want to be elected to public offices of [...]

2021-06-24T06:51:06+00:0018th June 2021|

The Task To Empower Nigerian Women & Other Marginalised Demographics Is Essential

Press Statement Accountability Lab Nigeria, part of a global translocal network that makes governance work for people by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders and accountable institutions has announced a programme dedicated to empowering select Nigerian women and individuals from marginalized communities through its “Voice Inclusion Project” which is aimed at equipping women and marginalized individuals with  resources to demand accountability and just institutions.  The goal of Voice Inclusion will be aimed at fostering multi-stakeholder dialogues and town hall engagements with public officials in states like Imo, Kaduna, and the FCT as well as generating a feedback mechanism that connects the [...]

2021-04-12T11:40:00+00:0012th April 2021|

Bonne is Voice2Rep winner

RISING gospel musician Sarah Bonne shrugged off stiff competition from nine other contestants to clinch an investment package into her music career equivalent to US$1 500 and a video recording gig at the Shoko Festival as the winner of the inaugural Voice to Represent (Voice2Rep) competition held on Wednesday, in Harare. By Kennedy Nyavaya. The Voice2Rep is a new annual programme under Magamba Network’s Arts for Change initiative in conjunction with Accountability Lab that supports the extensive amplification of youthful voices as well as participation in national processes through music. In October, 10 finalists were chosen from over 300 entries [...]

2021-03-30T13:47:49+00:0020th November 2020|
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