The second ‘Taste of Africa’ event takes place at the Irish World Academy, University of Limerick on Wednesday March 13th at 6.30 pm Workshops in African song, dance and percussion. Instruments will be provided, and no experience necessary. All are welcome and admission is free. Workshops will be presented by two of the Academy's African students, Ras Mikey Courtney and O'Dyke Nzewi. O’dyke Nzewi is an African Classical Concert Drummer and a cultural arts education specialist. He runs international workshops and writes on the theory and practice of indigenous African musical arts practices, with a strong bearing on the creative philosophies as it is encountered in many African communities. He is currently pursuing a Practice-based PhD at the University of Limerick. He runs the Centre for Indigenous Instrumental Music and Dance Practices for Africa (CIIMDA), an organization that re-orientates teachers on the use of African indigenous musical arts practices for classroom music education. He plays a wide range of unique indigenous African music instruments, predominantly from the south eastern parts of Nigeria, these include the Quad bell orchestra, the twin slit drums, gourd shakers, notched flute etc.
RAS Mikey C is an African born American pursuing an MA student in Ethnochoreology. RAS has a B.F.A in Dance from U Arts in Philadelphia. RMC has worked worldwide with his company F.I.V.E. Productions, Raven-Symone, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, and others. RMC is the former Director of the Eallaz Dance Studio in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and featured with Aster Aweke, Kenny Allen, the Sub-Saharran Informer, as well as co-producer of Adama Ethiopia 2000 and Reggae by the Nile. RAS’s works are a reflection of his spirit and his passion for the performing arts as a cultural and social movement. O’dyke Nzewi is an African Classical Concert Drummer and a cultural arts education specialist. He runs international workshops and writes on the theory and practice of indigenous African musical arts practices, with a strong bearing on the creative philosophies as it is encountered in many African communities. He is currently pursuing a Practice-based PhD at the University of Limerick. He runs the Centre for Indigenous Instrumental Music and Dance Practices for Africa (CIIMDA), an organization that re-orientates teachers on the use of African indigenous musical arts practices for classroom music education. He plays a wide range of unique indigenous African music instruments, predominantly from the south eastern parts of Nigeria, these include the Quad bell orchestra, the twin slit drums, gourd shakers, notched flute etc.
RAS Mikey C is an African born American pursuing an MA student in Ethnochoreology. RAS has a B.F.A in Dance from U Arts in Philadelphia. RMC has worked worldwide with his company F.I.V.E. Productions, Raven-Symone, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, and others. RMC is the former Director of the Eallaz Dance Studio in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and featured with Aster Aweke, Kenny Allen, the Sub-Saharran Informer, as well as co-producer of Adama Ethiopia 2000 and Reggae by the Nile. RAS’s works are a reflection of his spirit and his passion for the performing arts as a cultural and social movement.
