Wantok Musik Foundation

Level 7, 225 Bourke Street
3000 Melbourne
Australia
http://www.wantokmusik.org
Contact by email


The Wantok Musik Foundation aims to generate and foster various cultural exchanges between Australia and our neighbours throughout Oceania by establishing a leading, not-for-profit Music Label representing Indigenous and world music groups of this unique region, that will:



 





Record, release and promote music from Indigenous Australia and Melanesia





Raise the local and international profile of Indigenous and world music groups based in the region





Provide greater economic opportunity for artists and long-term career sustainability by providing a viable outlet, and distributing royalties/profits through equitable and culturally appropriate mechanisms,While simultaneously managing various initiatives to:





Address various social issues with creative, culturally focused approaches





Increase Australians' understanding and appreciation of the diverse cultures of their region





Cultivate 'capacity building' for music recording within the region





Increase the cultural exchange between Australia and countries within the region



Groups

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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