Kemp Recital Hall

Musicking Around the MuKa: Storytelling, Dancing, Singing, Drumming, and Mama Africa's Rich Intellectual Traditions.
The event will feature live drumming on Senegambian jenbe and different drums from Ghana, the Burkina Faso dzil xylophone, dancing, singing, and storytelling around the MuKa, the family clay stove. This is a celebration and deep engagement with Mama Africa’s rich intellectual traditions. We will learn about Mama Africa's lessons about mercy, responsibility, respect, community, love, kindness, and creativity. Imagine . . . . . . . sitting around a warm clay stove with family singing, dancing, drumming, and learning ancient words of wisdom.Event is open to general public.

Hosted by: School of Music, Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts

Additional Information can be found at: https://redbirdlife.illinoisstate.edu/event/11020183

Arts, Concert, Music