Holidays Around the World
This program Highlights Kwanzaa it relates to other world celebrations like Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwa1i, and new year. This program involves interactions, pictures, music, dance and poetry.
Grades: K-12
Single Performance: $450
Back-to-Back Performances: $600
Audience Limit: 200
Embracing Diversity Workshop
This program demonstrates how diversity enriches our lives by :bringing together the resources and talents of many people for the benefit of all. The audience gets to participate through discussions, hands on activities, and teamwork projects. Elizabeth demonstrates the ·similarities and differences between U.S and African cultures and explains how positive values can be bridged from one culture to another.
Grades: K-12
Single Performance: $450
Back-to-Back Performances: $600
Audience Limit: 200
A Day in Africa
Born and raised in Kenya, Elizabeth Kahura introduces the audience to the geographical features of Africa while high-lighting the differences in cultures and lifestyles of various regions. Students are reminded of the importance of embracing diversity and also of how positive life values can be embraced from one culture to another.
Grades: K-12
Single Performance: $450
Back-to-Back Performances: $600
Audience Limit: 200
Folktales of Africa
Enjoy folktales and other stories from Africa. Learn about trickster tales such as Anansi the Spider, the clever hare and the wise tortoise. Audience will participate in the telling of each story. Positive lessons will be gleaned from the wisdom of stories passed on from one generation to another.
Grades: K-12
Single Performance: $450
Back-to-Back Performances: $600
Audience Limit: 200
The Colors of Africa
By exploring the meaning of the African colors, Elizabeth explains how colors portray different concepts and can be used as a form of communication. Through the use of poems, stories, music, and dance students learn how colors are used as symbols of power, loyalty, and attitude.
Grades: K-5
Single Performance: $450
Back-to-Back Performances: $600
Audience Limit: 200
The Jungle Walk
The concepts of adaptation, acceptance, and team work are highlighted in this segment through the use of folktales, poems, music, and animal puppet shows. Elizabeth expands the ideas addressed in her program to encourage a more tolerant attitude towards cultural differences.
Grades: K-12
Single Performance: $450
Back-to-Back Performances: $600
Audience Limit: 200
The Sounds of Africa
Explore African rhythms through drumming, dance, and song. Experience the African beat by playing a variety of African instruments and learn how music is a form of communication. Creativity and imagination comes to life through this journey of sound and reminds us that music is a universal language bringing cultures together.
Grades: K-5
Single Performance: $450
Back-to-Back Performances: $600
Audience Limit: 200
