It took some years for your dream to come true. As I witness the rise of Yebo Africa Inter-cultural Arts, which was formed recently in UK by James Kasankha Phiri.He came a long way from the dark township of Makokoba in Zimbabwe, Where he was born and bred .During his tender age he usually take old tires and bricks as toys. He has been involved in the art industry for so many years, also worked with different arts organization and groups both national and international. Being a scout lead him to found it easy for the formation of Yebo Africa Inter-cultural Arts. Yebo means "yes" when translated in English.
Today Yebo is growing from its roots as an international promoting company aiming to provide facilities for creation and leisure-time in conditions of life for those who have need of such facilities. Arrange some cultural exchange programmes training of artist, visual arts, crafts, arts education, encouraging cross-culture communication among tribes, young people and bring mutual understanding through the universal language of art, just to mention a few. So far the organization is working with young up coming artist such as Egyptian & Cactus, Vuka Africa Arts, Umkhathi theatre and many more. also in feature they are looking of working with big giants like Mandoza, Oliver Mtukudzi, Papa Wemba, Youssondor, Usher, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Umonja and many more said Mr Phiri the founder and director of the company.
"Building the bridge together"
YAICA in short give a helping hand to African refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers by the provision of advice, information and assistance in such matters as health, education, and training for employment. And raise the cultural awareness of their origin. The organization is registered under charity also collets some used cloths to donate to poor families in developing countries. Meanwhile Yebo is planning to bring a youth cultural group in the UK for several months from Africa. This group is composed of orphan children who don’t know their parents, some died with deadly disease AIDS. The aim of bringing this youth cultural group is to keep them away from the streets avoiding them of becoming criminals. And to keep them busy so that they can maintain their lives said one of the organizers. During the tour they will work on African cultural workshops both in junior and high schools. The accommodation has already been sourced , The Leeds community have an opportunity to journey to the Southern Africa for a long
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