Amazwi, a volunteer-driven arts organization, utilizes vehicles of the storytelling to build upon and strengthen its founding pillars of empowerment, preservation, and education. Amazwi is a South African nonprofit organization supported by an American 501(c)(3), The Amazwi Foundation. Amazwi, meaning "voices" in Zulu, is based in South Africa's Limpopo Province. The organization has three main projects to achieve its mission: The Amazwi School of Media Arts, Amazwi Writers Publishing, and The Amazwi Writers and Artists Residency Program.