The name Yolé!Africa comes from the cry "yolé!" used by the shepherds in Central Africa to gather their herd.

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Let war be our problem and peace be our emblem

Yole!Africa is a center for art creativity and cultural exchange based in Goma, East of the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Kampala, Uganda. Its mission is to promote peace through art and culture. It is also a platform where young people from different social backgrounds and origins can meet to express themselves through their skills and talents.

Yolé!Africa achieves its mission through two types of programs

Contemporary art Community activities

Alkebu Film Production has been founded besides Yolé !Africa to promote mainly the film productions of the organization’s members.

Alkebu Film Production

Yolé!Africa is a non-political and non-denominational organization. Through its programs, Yole!Africa promotes and encourages the respect for all human beings (regardless of race, origin, religion, ethnic group or sex), and fights all forms of exploitation or violation of human rights.

Y!A aims at ‘giving a voice to the voiceless’: to promote the reality and views of people that do not automatically have access to certain resources, such as information, telecommunication…

Yole!Africa do believe in the importance (and fun) of sharing information with peers world wide. Thus it does also operate as a physical data bank of the online magazine BaobabConnections.