Marahaba Music Expo is headquartered in Bujumbura Burundi working to educate the public, share innovation, promote progress, and foster cooperation through music and arts. It was founded in 2018 with the aim of bringing light to the youth and people of Burundi after the war. The vision is a peaceful and vibrant Burundi with limitless youth in development while the mission is to build innovation and creativity for a happy country.
About Us
Marahaba Music Expo is also an International Music Forum...
… for Africa that happens every two years and involves artists, musicians, organizers, agent bookers, producers, and media at large from Africa and the rest of the world. It is committed to facilitating dialogue between artists in Africa and from other parts of the world. The Expo comprises workshops programs, discussions, lectures, and stage performances. Since the inaugural festival in 2018, five festivals have been conducted reaching 5 million people in Burundi.
About Us
Marahaba Music Expo is Platform
This contributes to good mental health as people always look forward to our entertainment and utilization of talents to their full potential. Besides entertainment, there are exhibitions and showcases of business initiatives or enterprises by women. Our organization has a Marahaba Arts Center for learning about art and music for young women and men in Bujumbura. The goal is to provide music education to young people.
Our Mission
Marahaba Arts Center for learning about art creativity and music for young women and men in Bujumbura. Our goal is to reduce the number of young people in the street due to the lack of activities,by providing them with good education and good sense in order to promote the economy and development of the country.
Wednesday Music Jam
Wednesday Music Jam/ the third week every month for the sake of our community that surrounds our center
Workshops and Residency Exchange Program
Workshops and residency exchange program for teachers who come from abroad to give skills to our youth and building in them the confidence of performing in different places.
International Jazz Day
Every year on April 30th, we celebrate International jazz day since 2020. Our institute also promotes jazz in Burundi through our center.We also have students who learn jazz music.
The Gender Equality
Entrepreneurship for Women Artists
through our organization we have been helping female artists by giving them opportunities in art activities and social activities, it gave them a chance to inspire other women by empowering them to engage in promoting the gender equality.
Other Activities
We have also given disabled people a chance to show their talents in reading and participate in our various activities.
OBJECTIVES
Various programs are held at the Marahaba center, training to build the capacity of young women and men and teach them how to become entrepreneurs through art and music.
Tourism and Economic Aims
Increase
To increase music business opportunities for music makers.
Extend
To extend tourists length of stay during the music expo season.
Showcase
To showcase local
and
International music.
Become a market place
To become a market place of world music of every kind.