ASBL ABASAMANDARI/Palais des Arts et de la culture de Bujumbura
Bujumbura-Burundi
Burundi
Presentation
Created under the impetus of the non-profit association ABASAMANDARI, an association founded in 2018 by a group of 8 students from the performing arts sector at the University of Burundi, UNIMA Burundi is currently in a phase research and discovery of the arts of puppetry. It aims to to promote and popularize the arts of puppetry in Burundi, the art which seems to be largely ignored and neglected in the Republic of Burundi.
Despite a lack of financial means, UNIMA Burundi’s main activities to carry out in its missions and visions are: training and creations to be able to promote and popularize the arts of puppetry in Burundi.
UNIMA Burundi has already benefited from training carried out by UNIMA International and supported by UNESCO, project: Puppetry of tomorrow in Africa, Dramaturgies and digital experiments in May 2023, training which responded well to the missions and visions of the ‘UNIMA (promotion and popularization of puppetry arts in Burundi, and even in the Great Lakes Region).
UNIMA BURUNDI NATIONAL CENTRE CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: unimaburundi1@gmail.com
BUREAU MEMBERS
– Eraste Mandera, President of UNIMA Burundi
– Berline Mugiraneza, Vice-President of UNIMA Burundi
– Fabrice Shurweryimana, Treasurer of UNIMA Burundi
– Ercie Nishimwe, Secretary of UNIMA Burundi
INTERNATIONAL COUNCELORS
– Eraste Mandera (Contact: Email – manderaeraste46@gmail.com)
– Jean D’arc Niyongabo (Contact: Email – jeandarcniyongabo@gmail.com)
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
– Eraste Mandera
– Berline Mugiraneza
– Ercie Nishimwe
– Fabrice Shurweryimana
– Jean D’arc Niyongabo
– Prosper Nkunzimana
– Fabrice Djuma Saïd
– Mathilde Niyintunze
– Telesphore Shakaryimana
– Leslie Cybela Iteka
