UPCOMING EVENTS
Moving Together - Livermore | Community Engagement Dance and Drumming Wokshops
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With Support from the California Arts Council, and in partnership with Las Positas College, Cheza Nami is excited to produce another installation of "Moving Together" community engagement dance and drumming workshops. The goal of this program is to enable cross-cultural engagement between the community and local African and diaspora cultural artists. The workshops will be followed by a post-workshop performance by the Cheza Nami Ensemble and other Guest artists and their students
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We are incredibly humbled to honor these distinguished Master artist, cultural bearers and community leaders at our next Moving Together community engagement event in Livermore. “Mama” Naomi Gedo Diouf, Artistic Director of Diamano Coura West African Dance Company (Liberia); Mabiba Baegne, teacher, drummer, and choreographer of traditional and contemporary African dance (Congo); and Mouminatou Camara, founder of the Seewe African Dance Company and, for a decade, was the principal dancer for the world-renowned Les Ballet Africans (Guinea).
Workshop Schedule
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Friday, August 12, 2022
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Saturday, August 13, 2022
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Saturday, August 13th, 2022 Show 8pm
Cost: Workshops: Open to All, Donations Accepted. Show: $20 Advance, $25 at the door
Sponsored in part by a grant from California Arts Council.
Cost: Workshops: Open to All, Donations Accepted. Show: $20 Advance, $25 at the door
Sponsored in part by a grant from California Arts Council.
6th Annual Hâ Mbongui African Dance & Drum Conference
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Local master artist Loubayi Arnaud in is excited to present the 6th annual Hâ Mbongui African Dance & Drum Conference. The conference brings together multiple master instructors from different countries in Africa & the Diaspora, including but not limited to; Congo, Guinea, Haiti, and Senegal. Artists give patrons an opportunity to learn and celebrate culture from visiting master artists over a 3 day period.
Location: Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center in Santa Cruz, California Dates: June 17th to the 19th, 2022 |
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The 10th Annual Taste of Africa 2022 Festival is set
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Mark your calendars, we are back at the Bankhead Theater Plaza and Stockman's Park in Livermore for Taste of Africa this year.
Vendor and Sponsorship Opportunities available - email info@chezanami.org |
Travel to Brazil with Dandha Da Hora
Travel to Brazil with Dandha and also consider supporting her vision of bringing four incredible women – master artists, teachers, and sacred keepers of our African inheritances – on a sacred journey of reconnection to Bahia, Brazil. These four women are “Mama” Naomi Gedo Diouf, Artistic Director of Diamano Coura West African Dance Company (Liberia); Mabiba Baegne, teacher, drummer, and choreographer of traditional and contemporary African dance (Congo); Tammy Lynne Hall, renowned jazz pianist, composer and educator (United States); Catherine Ciiku Ndungu-Case, founder and CEO of Cheza Nami Foundation (Kenya).
PROGRAMS
ASSEMBLIES, ENGAGEMENT & COMMUNITY
Cheza Nami offers activities to community organizations, schools and corporations while addressing educational and social needs that help foster community building, global citizenship and personal enrichment through our core programs.
CULTURAL ARTS & LEARNING
SPECIAL ANNUAL EVENTS |
YOUTH OUTREACH
SUMMER CAMPS |
COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLES
TEACHER TRAINING |
ABOUT US
CHEZA NAMI ENSEMBLE
We are a small but highly effective, engaged and energetic team dedicated to enriching our communities through the cultural arts. Our programs are managed by volunteer staff and implemented by local partner artists.
Catherine Ndungu-Case
President, CEO
KENYA |
Dandha da Hora
Artistic Director
BRAZIL |
Mandjou Kone
Principal Artist
Preschool Program MALI/BURKINA FASO |
Ibou Ngom
Musical Director
SENEGAL |
