ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, May 12, 2022 –The Grenada National Commission for UNESCO is pleased to inform that UNESCO Transcultura has launched a call to bring young Caribbean hiphop artists to Europe.

The Transcultura Programme, integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, implemented by UNESCO and funded by the European Union, has joined hands with the Goethe Institute and the Centre for InterAmerican Studies at the Bielefeld

University in Berlin to strengthen the international market exposure of Caribbean hip-hop artists. To this end, it has launched a call to sponsor the participation of up to three music projects of the genre in the International Festival and Symposium: “Re-inventing Europe from the Caribbean. Urban Cultures, Translocal Identities and Social Movements in the Black Atlantic”, which will take place in Berlin, Germany, from July 28 to 31, 2022. 

A jury will select one hip-hop band or solo artist for each linguistic area covered by the programme (English, French and Spanish-speaking), who will have the opportunity to perform in Berlin and to participate in promotional and exchange activities with relevant actors of the music market and the hip-hop scene in Germany.

Through this exposure, the selected artists will strengthen their visibility in the European circuit, establish contact networks and enhance their professional development opportunities. The Transcultura Programme will cover the participants’ travel and accommodation expenses (see call for applications at https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/call_for_caribbean_hip-hop_en.pdf). 

The call is addressed to young hip-hop artists, between 18 and 35-years-old, from the 17

Transcultura Programme beneficiary countries: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat,

Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

To apply, it is necessary to complete and send the form below, together with the rest of the documentation required, to the e-mail address: transcultura.programme@unesco.org