After seeing a need for support systems for local artists, a group of young people led by Odwa Mngini established Mngini Productions in 2009. “We realised the talent that lies beneath the dusty streets of our township and we knew we needed to make a difference.” We want Mngini Productions to “be a home for art lovers, business and life,” says Odwa. The organisation uses various strategies to ensure sustainability including musical workshops, training and expos, media gigs, drama workshops, marketing, management and organising and workplace placements. Vision Provide a multi-cultural network for performing arts, entertainment, and a platform for art media and the public. Organisational Activities: We focus on the following music genres: Gospel music Traditional Dance Opera Music Accapella Hip hop We focus on the following performing arts: Poetry Dance (various genres including gamboot dancing) Drama Stand Up Comedy Events Hosting Target Market Youth and up-and-coming or unrecognised artists, media, funders, government, national annual events and all institutions related and linked to arts and entertainment.
If you must know, this is what I’m scared of. I’m scared that everyone else is more who they are than I am who I am. I think everyone else just looks at the things they feel or think and says “Of course this is what I feel or think, this is who I am.”
"I’m not sure I’d recommend that a young person go into law."
"Why’s that?"
"When I was starting out, it was more of a profession, and your worth was determined by the service you provided. Now it’s become more of a business, and your worth is determined by the fee you’re able to collect."
Sinazo auditioned at the EC Talent Search 2014, singing Ava Maria by Beyonce. She has gone through the first round & now awaits to to be auditing in Jo'burg ...
Crympsun, the hip hop dance crew under MN GINI Productions management entered the EC Talent Search auditions and was rated one of the best performances says ...
Whether as victim, demon, or hero, the industrial worker of the past century filled the public imagination in books, movies, news stories, and even popular songs, putting a grimy human face on capitalism while dramatizing the social changes and conflicts it brought. … With work increasingly invisible, it’s much harder to grasp the human effects, the social contours, of the Internet economy.
George Packer on the invisibility of work and workers in the digital age: http://nyr.kr/1mvEmhf (via newyorker)
Hey peeps this is what we have been talking about, watch for yourself; MN GINI Productions mixtape Crympsun & Accord from P.E. Brought to you by the Mngini team. Enjoy!!!
The annual National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa, is Africa's largest and most colourful arts & culture festival, which offers the very best of both local and imported talent. The festival offers more than 500 shows from opera, cabaret, drama and jazz to stand-up comics and folk music, as well as fine art, crafts street theatre and markets.
MN GINI Productions has embarked on a journey of being part of the performance organisers at the festival. They awaiting the judges decision in having their young artists perform at the festival. Watch out for their mixtape as to show case their vibe in the arts.