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Launch of the New Forest Arts Festival
African Activities were honored to be invited to launch the New Forest Arts Festival to dignitaries from across the New Forest. Over 50 guests attended a launch evening for a sneak preview of some of this year’s fantastic events. African Activities provided a drumming...
Hampshire Fire Brigade
A great day drumming with Hampshire Fire Brigade in Andover. Fire fighting now comes with rhythm!
Southampton Solent University
Southampton Solent University spent the fourth year working with African Activities at their One World Fair in the University’s Conference Centre. The one world fair celebrates the cultural diversity of the city of Southampton. At Southampton Solent University...
Marwell Wildlife Park – Sunset Party in the Park
African Activities were pleased to provide a band led drumming workshop during the annual party in the park event at Marwell Zoo. Despite the rain we were able to entertain hundreds of visitors during the evenings events. We have been pleased to return often, and have...
John Lewis Family Fun Day
We provided a band lead workshop for the staff and families of John Lewis during their annual family fun day. The large house and hall was used to provide a workshop with 100 participants at a time. We were pleased to find the drumming so popular we had a large queue...
African Activities at L’Oréal
African Activities were delighted to provide drumming workshops for the L'Oréal family day at their head quarters in London.Restricted by room availability Kwame worked with groups of 60, keeping to a strict time schedule through the day.It resulted in a great day...
Fundraising for Future Bright Trust
We had a fantastic time at the African Sundowner event. With 60 drums and three practitioners we were ready to entertain the crowd. The drums quickly brought people together and we were event delighted to have some dancing! Future Bright Trust raises money to fund the...
Nursery Children and the Early Years Curriculum
African Activities is proud the have worked with a number of nurseries including Yellow Dot, Paint Pots and Hungerford Nursery School. We felt you might like to know some of the activities used during Africa weeks in the nurseries. Many nurseries begin with a...
Key Stage 1 Africa Day
Kwame recently enjoyed a day with Archbishop Wake Primary School. He worked for the day with their two year two classes and was delighted to take them on a tour of Drumming, Dance and storytelling. "Great at communications. Fair price offered the children an amazing...
A day with Woodlands School
Rosewood is a school for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties and Kwame worked with our post 16 group. The drumming workshops led by Kwame are very popular at Woodlands School where pupils and staff enthusiastically join in with the drumming,...
It’s India 2017!
A fantastic opportunity for schools to celebrate a long standing relationship, delve into a new culture and celebrate difference within their own classrooms. Now, we rarely tackle this directly, because we believe people are allowed their own freedoms and can be...
So what does a day of drumming, dance, recycling and storytelling look like?
"The mask making was brilliant. The children loved it and are now looking at everyday objects in different ways. The drumming was awesome and gave the children a sense of achievement in a short amount of time. They haven't stopped talking about it. A brilliant...
Questions we are often asked by teachers interested in running Workshops in their school
How many children can take part in one day?This does vary depending on the practitioner available. A class of 30 can have a great time exploring the majority of the activities we have available. On the other hand Kwame with 60 drums is able to see 420 children in one...
African Activities on CBeebies!
African Activities received a request from CBeebies to be filmed for their popular 'Let's go Club' series. We were delighted to share our Key stage 1 school workshops with them. We contacted a number of schools, all of whom were delighted to be filmed by CBeebies....
Team Drumming with L'Oréal
A great day of team building and drumming with staff at the L'Oréal head office in London. Drumming with a view. “Amazing, Kwame is lovely. Everybody loved him”
BE A MID SUMMER DRUMMER AT MINSTEAD STUDY CENTRE
Saturday 17th June 2017 7.00pm to 9.00pm Join us for an evenings introduction to drumming lead by the vibrant Ghanaian Kwame Bakoji-Hume from African Activities. The workshop will be held outside in the grounds of the study centre and is suitable for all levels of...
African Activities School workshops with Hurlingham Academy
A wonderful day being inspired by students at the Hurlingham Academy. “This was an absolutely fantastic and worthwhile experience for our students. The performance at the end of the day made them feel incredibly proud and confident...
African Activities at Henley College
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What do customers think?
Testimonials from our clients…
“Amazing!
“Kwame is brilliant, everyone loved him and I have passed his details on to a few of the staff members.”
“Many thanks once again for providing our entertainment last weekend.
“People really enjoyed it and you handled the large group really well.”