Philosophy
The culture -key of development
BENKADI means amicable agreement and harmonic cooperation in a group of people. This is the motto of the association, founded in 2004 with the goal to „promote the cultural life in Africa“, its fundament is the intercultural dialog.
What we want
Conflation ofdifferentcultures
Union inmutual respectand recognition
Promotion of the african culture – as the keyof development
OUR VISION
Culture Spaces for Africa
Each municipality a cultural space, each circle an arts centre, each region decentralized cultural spaces for exhibition and concert, movie-screening and archive, studio and bistro - a space for everybody, where the local knowledge is documented, the creative products find a home, a space for exchange and communion.
Projects
Historical dances in Burundi
A documentary for the preservation of traditional dances in Burundi
FDJM – Democratic Forum of the Youth in Mali
Mali - Youth into work
A project for the formation of young adults in Mali
Orphanage in Bamako
Funding through donations
Fight against FGM
Such is life -
Living with the ritual of excision
LABEL benkadi fòli series
An audio-visual label for music cultures in Africa
Mauritania – Nouakchott & Chinguetti
Music from Nouakchott & Chinguetti, 2015
Series I and III, CD vol. 9 and DVD vol. 2
THE TERIYA SCHOOL
Godmothers take over
the school fees for orphans
at the elementary school in Bamako
Digitization, restoration & publication
Musical Traditions in Mali
in the 90s
What we're doing
Fundraising forsocial & culturalprojects
Support of sponsorsand projects
Initiation oftown twinnings
BENKADI offers concrete support in
Education about & sensibilisation for FGM
Documentation & safeguarding of musical traditions
Visualization of the cultural abundance in Africa
Conceptual design of projects of cultural &social cooperation
Donations account
What can you do?
We are officially recognized as a non-profit-association serving the promotion of culture and international understanding.
Send your donation to our account:BENKADI E.V.BIC GENODEM1GLSIBAN DE24 4306 0967 4004 6126 00
BENKADI team
Dr. Edda Brandes
President
Souleymane Cissé
Vice president
Ulrich Kraatz
Finances
Partners & Sponsors
Contact
BENKADI e.V
Muskauer Str. 50, 10997 BerlinTel.: 030-6183219
Talk to us about new work
Our core clients are from the european countries, but we are happy to work with clients from all over the globe.