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Bruce Ndlovu
Nervous Conditions author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga has been awarded a prestigious Rockefeller residency at the Africa centre, joining four other creative talents from the continent as recipients of the honour.
Dangarembga (ABOVE) joins Lauren Beukes (author, South Africa), Victor Ehighale Ehikhamenor (author and visual artist, Nigeria), Yared Zeleke (filmmaker, Ethiopia) and Fathy Adly Salama (performing artiste, Egypt) as the chosen five from a diverse field of creative Africans from around the continent and the world.
The Africa Centre received a record 423 complete applications from 40 countries for its Artists in Residency programme in 2015, from South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Zimbabwe, as well as Algeria, Cote da��Ivoire, Liberia, Madagascar, Rwanda and Sudan. 68 artists were shortlisted in December before the Africa Centre announced the winners of its Artists in Residency Programme in February.
However, the programme was reopened after the Africa Centre received a large number of applications, hence the decision to shortlist 24 artists on behalf of the Bellagio Center.
The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency Program offers academics, artists, thought leaders, policymakers, and practitioners a serene setting conducive to focused, goala��oriented work, and the unparalleled opportunity to establish new connections with fellow residents from a wide array of backgrounds, disciplines, and geographies.
The residency comes in the wake of Dangarembga being awarded rights to make a film adaption of award winning journalist Imran Gardaa��s novel, The Thunder That Roars last year.
Dangarembga, who is also the founder and CEO of Nyeri Films, will supervise the adaptation and production of the film as creative producer of the film which began production earlier in the year.
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