Weekend #5 of "Makinu!". Bottle Tree Culture’s FREE Summer Music & Dance Series Exploring the Culture of Africa & the African Diaspora!
Join Kanukai Chigamba for 2 different workshops
2:30 - 4 PM | Zimbabwean Song Workshop
4:15 - 5:45 PM | Zimbabwean Traditional Dance
Live Music by Chinyakare EnsembleLocation: Bell Street Park, 550 Bell Street, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
ABOUT
Kanukai Chigamba is a multifaceted dancer, musician, performer, and burgeoning photographer. At a young age in Harare, Zimbabwe, she danced at Biras and later joined the Mhembero Dance Troupe, performing traditional Zimbabwean dance. In 2010, Chigamba moved to Oakland, CA and has since expanded her dance repertoire in both traditional and urban styles as a lead performer of the renowned Chinyakare Ensemble, and principal in Gbedu Town Radio, a Pan Afro Urban Music and Dance Ensemble.
The Chinyakare Ensemble is a family of musicians, dancers and teachers committed to preserving and sharing traditional Zimbabwean culture, and promoting community building and education through music and dance. Chinyakare presents an electrifying performance of the traditional dance, music, and culture of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa. The music (played on mbira, ngoma, marimbas, and chipendani), songs, and dance weave colorful stories that show scenes from everyday life, while teaching important life lessons, such as goal-setting, perseverance, and thankfulness. Chinyakare provides audiences with a glimpse of the beauty, excitement, and spirit of traditional African dance and song.