AMANI: Africa Creative Defence Network
AMANI: Africa Creative Defense Network is a regional protective and advocacy network. Modeled off of the Journalists in Distress (JID) network, Amani brings together organizations from across Africa and the globe, helping to streamline communication, share expertise and insights, pool resources, monitor threats to artistic freedom and creative professionals, and coordinate more effective responses when assisting artists at risk.
AMANI’s engagement spans the continent and goes beyond emergency case response. The Network engages in proactive advocacy and aims to develop the architecture of support for artists through programs including: constitutional reform, improving legibility and access to protective residencies, and convening regional gatherings to advance artistic freedom.
Members
Africa Human Rights Network (AHRN)
Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy (Culture Resource)
Defend Defenders
PEN International
PEN Uganda
Protection International Africa
Safe Havens – Freedom Talks (SH|FT)
Southern Defenders
Tanzania Artists Rights Organization (TARO)
Louis Gitinywa – Kigali Attorneys
ArtVeda
Statements
Events
Online
How Artists in Ukraine Navigate War – Launch Event
6 March 2025
Join ARC and NGO Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA NGO) for a special panel discussion and launch event of MOCA NGO's "Navigating the War as Artists in Ukraine: A Practical Resource"
Remote
Art of Exile | Feb. 28
28 February 2025
Art of Exile, brings together three documentary shorts from directors Dara Kell & Veena Rao about 3 artists who challenge status quos, preconceived notions, and the boundaries of the permissible, followed by performances by two of the featured artists and Q&A