{"id":10539,"date":"2025-02-19T06:03:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T06:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/?post_type=funded_project&#038;p=10539"},"modified":"2025-02-19T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:24:33","slug":"e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train","status":"publish","type":"funded_project","link":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/funded-project\/e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train\/","title":{"rendered":"E.A.S.T &#8211; The East African Soul Train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sarah Mallia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EAST, The East African Soul Train, is a travelling residency on East Africa\u2019s historic train tracks that bring together artists, cultural managers, passengers and stakeholders from the regional creative sector. This unique journey encourages participants to collaborate across disciplines and foster meaningful conversations around building a sustainable community-built creative industry. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EAST 2017 brought together 40 artists &#8211; 20 from Kenya and 20 from other East African countries; eight master class artists, two international artists, five stakeholders, one researcher, 20 passengers and a film team to document the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The journey started with two days of workshops at the railway station in Kenya\u2019s capital Nairobi. It then continued with around 20 hours of creation and production on the moving train dubbed \u2018The Lunatic Express\u2019 which runs along a historic route, to the coastal city Mombasa. The residency ended in the small coastal town Kilifi, at the idyllic Distant Relative\u2019s Backpackers. The installation performances, presented on the fourth day of the residency, beautifully demonstrated the value of bringing artists, master class artists and an artistic director from across East Africa, and beyond, on board. The interdisciplinary productions featured fashion, poetry\/spoken word, dance, visual arts, film\/photography, beat\/music production and music. Importantly, new regional and international&nbsp;collaborations were formed during the journey and are expected to continue to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sup>Photos by&nbsp;Jude Clark.&nbsp;<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project is supported through the Cultural Export Fund <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10571,"template":"","funded_project_category":[39],"class_list":["post-10539","funded_project","type-funded_project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","funded_project_category-international"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>E.A.S.T - The East African Soul Train - Arts Council Malta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/funded-project\/e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"E.A.S.T - The East African Soul Train - Arts Council Malta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This project is supported through the Cultural Export Fund\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/funded-project\/e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arts Council Malta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArtsCouncilMalta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-19T08:24:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/64-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"639\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/en\\\/funded-project\\\/e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/en\\\/funded-project\\\/e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train\\\/\",\"name\":\"E.A.S.T - The East African Soul Train - Arts Council Malta\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/en\\\/funded-project\\\/e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/en\\\/funded-project\\\/e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/64-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-19T06:03:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-19T08:24:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/en\\\/funded-project\\\/e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/en\\\/funded-project\\\/e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/en\\\/funded-project\\\/e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/64-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/64-1.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":639},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/en\\\/funded-project\\\/e-a-s-t-the-east-african-soul-train\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Funded Projects\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\\\/en\\\/funded-project\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"E.A.S.T &#8211; 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