Sharing Africa
“Your performance was outstanding! You taught, you entertained, and you involved our students.â€
– AG, Special Day Class Teacher, San Mateo, California
“You covered terminology we use in the classroom study of Ghana, Mali, Songhai, – you also got our students to participate … history came alive!”
– SN, Teacher, Mountain View, California
Sharing Africa is a fun, colorful, high energy and interactive presentation of Africa, its people and their way of life. The program features Oriki’s seasoned dancers, drummers and storytellers and takes students and teachers on a journey across the African continent invoking familiar stories and vocabulary.
Sharing Africa can be presented as a one-time assembly presentation or over a period of time as a sequential music and dance appreciation program for pre-K through 12 grade. At the end of the sequential program, the class puts on a colorful showcase in African costumes.
Through Sharing Africa, we expose students to world cultures different from their own in a fun and interactive way, therefore, sowing the seeds for a future generation of citizens that can appreciate and celebrate the richness of our diversity. Some teachers use Oriki’s Sharing Africa program as an introduction to their curriculum on Africa particularly in middle schools. Another strength of our Sharing Africa program is our ability to adapt it to non-traditional school settings, like youth centers, group homes, juvenile halls, community agencies, churches, etc.
