Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity

Are you a content creator, wordsmith, performance artist, visual artist, or journalist whose work tells African stories beyond stereotypes of poverty, conflict, disease, poor leadership and corruption? Africa No Filter’s Kekere Storytellers Fund could support your next project.

The fund pays micro-grants to emerging storytellers who are already creating and publishing unique and compelling content that offers fresh and alternative perspectives of Africa, to show a continent that’s innovative, evolving and creative.

The Kekere Storytellers Fund is Africa No Filter’s way of ensuring that funding — which is limited and rarely accessed by up-and-coming storytellers — reaches artists, journalists, and content creators who share the passion for telling better stories about Africa and telling stories about Africa better.

What type of Content is ANF Looking to Support?

• They’re particularly keen on supporting storytellers telling an interesting, unique story about Africa; stories that amplify unheard voices, challenge global perspectives, and introduce contemporary narratives.
• The Kekere Storytellers Fund allows for lots of creativity and innovation – think about what you want your reader or viewer to take away from this work and the type of impact you want to create, locally and globally.

Funding Information

• Amount: $500 – $2000.

Eligibility Criteria

• You must:
  • Be an African based anywhere in Africa or the Diaspora.
  • Be under 35 years.
  • Be able to express yourself in English or French.
  • Have a track record of producing ground-breaking work that challenges stereotypical narratives about your community, country, or the continent.
  • Have at least two years of related work experience.
  • Have a minimum of 5000 followers across Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
  • Fall in at least one of the following categories:
    • Media/Content creator: Journalist, Blogger, Vlogger, Podcaster, Fiction & Non-Fiction Writer, Photographer
    • Artist: Poet, Musician, Spoken Word Poet, Dancer, Painter, Sculptor, Illustrator, Animator.

Ineligibility

• They will not consider:
  • Applications by filmmakers.
  • Storytellers who do not have evidence of producing work that shifts stereotypical narratives about Africa.
  • Funding to buy equipment (cameras, laptops, etc).
  • Funding to host/attend an event (workshops, festivals, conferences, etc).

Note: Applications are open until the end of the year, or until they’ve selected 20 storytellers for the fund.

For more information, visit Africa No Filter.