Presentación de KUWAMBA, el portal multimedia sobre África

From Casa África's online media library we are working to contribute in fulfilling the organisation's main aim: to bring Africa nearer to Spanish society. For this we have worked on the creation of this multimedia portal called Kuwamba.

In this way we have taken another step in projecting, with new technologies, the knowledge that is generated from Africa and on Africa, as well as helping in its dissemination and accessibility for not only frequent users to Casa África's media library's online documentary fund, such as students, academics and researchers, but also for the general public from any part of the world.

Kuwamba is a term that means "dissemination" in Swahili. In this multimedia portal we publish a large part of the documentary funds and resources that Casa África online media library has on the open network. This means that any person, in any part of the world and for free, has at their disposal a great part of the knowledge produced in Africa on Africa.

Kuwamba also offers cross searches on people, matters and areas of knowledge, to be able to consult reports, texts, see photographic albums online, listen to music from the neighbouring continent through Radio Kuwamba, and have access to original and unedited material on research by Africanist experts in the fields of ethnology and anthropology from the recordings made during their long stays in African countries.

The main aims of the Kuwamba portal could be summarised as:

  • Overcoming Casa África's geographic barrier to offer part of its bibliographical resources to a greater number of users, nationally and internationally.
  • Help to consolidate Casa África's website as a Spanish reference information and documentation portal on Africa, according to strategic line number 3 of Casa Africa's Strategic Plan 2009-2012. Develop a large information portal on Africa.
  • Protect and disseminate African cultural heritage through conservation projects and the digitalisation of sensitive material, which is of great importance to the scientific community and those interested in African cultures.
  • Make Casa África's legacy visible from the sample of activities that from the start this institution has been carrying out so as to consolidate its initiatives, thus offering a unique documentation source as a generator of knowledge.

Kuwamba offers contents through different formats. In this way it makes a journey of the continent through different portal options which are:

  • Photography
  • Music
  • Cinema
  • Web resources
  • Texts
  • Special funds
  • Casa África's archives

The multimedia portal KUWAMBA will be presented as part of the 3rd Seminars on Documentation and Library science at Casa África's headquarters, and during the evening session the WikiAfrica Workshop: How do you share your knowledge on Africa on Wikipedia? ‎‎will take place.

Actualizado el Thursday, August 28, 2025 - 22:30
Campus África 2025
Del 12 al 25 de julio de 2025
IV Semana Hispánica de Togo
Del 4 al 10 de agosto de 2025
Los rehenes
El lunes 21 de julio de 2025, a las 17:00h, en el Café d'Espacio
Nutrición Sin Fronteras|XX Aniversario
19 de junio de 2025, de 17 a 19:30h, en Casa África
Jornada contra la desertificación y la sequía
El 17 de junio de 2025 en Casa Árabe, Madrid
Mujeres de África en la Ciencia
25 y 26 de junio de 2025 en Casa África
Caminando con Tanzania
El 13 de junio de 2025 en la sede de Casa África
Encuentro de la ONG Kutembea na Tanzania
El 13 de diciembre de 2019 en la sede de Casa África
Jornadas sobre la prevención y erradicación de la Mutilación Genital Femenina. Comprender para transformar
el 4 de junio en Delegación de Gobierno y Casa África y el 5 de junio en Casa África
Club de Lectura Antonio Lozano de Casa África-Junio2025
El martes 10 de junio de 2025, a las 17:00h, en Casa África
Jornada de lanzamiento del proyecto Compass
El 16 de mayo de 2025 en Casa África
EXPOSICIÓN: El fuego silencioso. Territorio, resistencia y crisis medioambiental
Del 16 de mayo al 14 de agosto de 2025 en las salas de Casa África
Club de Lectura Antonio Lozano de Casa África-Mayo2025
El martes 13 de mayo de 2025, a las 17:00h, en Casa África
África Vive 2025
From 13 to 30 May 2025
Presentación del juego «Kabila»
El 13 de mayo a las 18h en Casa África
Presentación del libro «Memorias del río Níger. El sueño de Tombuctú», de Irene López de Castro
El 29 de abril de 2025 a las 19h en el Auditorio Nelson Mandela de Casa África