About the project

The Rhythm Roots Project is a non governmental, non profit, cultural organisation in Sweden, with the following aims:
• To promote and support rhythmical experiments which merge and fuse traditions, styles and genres from across the world – in both stage arts and other types of artisteries.
• To promote and support artistical exchange across borders.
• To spread knowledge about artistery in the diaspora.
• To empower, educate and promote artists in the diaspora.
• To promote and create open networks, educational centers and other possibilities for advancement and education open to artists in and from developing countries.
• To promote and create events which open meeting spots and possibilities for artists to meet each other as well as an interested audience.
• To promote and continue to produce the Rhythm Roots Festival in Sweden, which was given for the first time in 2005, as a means of achieveing these above mentioned goals – and to have fun!