About us | campatmanga

OUR VALUES

Manga has been an important part of the Atlanta Community for decades, leading after-school programs around the city and working as featured artists with Woodruff Arts Center and with the Atlanta Ballet.

Manga performed in the 2003 Georgia State University World Music Festival, was featured in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1996 Olympic Games, and was sponsored by Motorola to perform for the corporate pavilion. Manga hosts two major annual events: the Dance and Drum Conference in April and Osun Festival in August.

Manga not only teaches dance and drum from various African cultures, but incorporates the tenets of daily African life into the curriculum of the school system. Through dance, drumming, and polyrhythmic techniques, students learn to apply skills from the classroom to African performance, benefiting from an interdisciplinary approach to education, health, and wellness. During games, music, and art, students learn to apply life lessons taught in African stories and proverbs. Students study French which is spoken in most of the countries in West and Central Africa.

The company’s high-energy repertoire includes dances and rhythms from Ghana, Senegal, Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Liberia, South Africa, Nigeria, and others countries.

CAMP PLEGDE

CREATE OR CULTIVATE FRIENDSHIP
SHOW AND EXPRESS KINDNESS
PROMOTE GOOD COMMENTS
ENCOURAGE EATCH OTHER
ASSUME GOOD INTENTION
LISTEN WELL

CAMP AGREEMENT

Dear valued parent/guardian,

Thank you for choosing our camp for your child's summer experience. We kindly request that you download (coming soon) and sign our camp agreement, which is a mandatory document for admission to our camp. Please bring the signed agreement you when dropping off your child or get a copy on site and sign it. We look forward to providing your child with a fun and Spring/summer camp experience.

Best regards,

Camp Agreement

OUR ACTIVITIES

Dance

Our dance class promotes and engages campers in various aspects of African dance.

Traditional, authentic dances
Brief lecture of dance featured
Exposure to music from different parts of Africa
Campers participation
Traditional garments
High energy performance
Specially tailored to all age groups

Drumming

Coming to contact and playing drums will bring experiences of

Traditional, authentic drumming
Exposure to rhythms from different parts of Africa
Audience participation
High energy performance
Specially tailored to all age groups

Arts & Crafts

Creating African art in our camp involves being creative, using your imagination, and making your ideas come to life by combining modern techniques and traditional tools and materials. Some of the project we undertake include Adinkra (Akan symbols on cloth), masks, kente bookmarks, etc.

Language

While at least 1,500 African languages are spoken in the 54 countries on the continent, French remains the lingua franca (or is spoken widely) in more than fifteen countries--most of West and Central Africa. Spanish is spoken only in Equatorial Guinea, but we will take the opportunity to practice or build upon Spanish for the students, widening their perspective on the Americas and the African diaspora.

In our French class, we will ensure that, through fun and creative approaches to teaching, students learn vocabulary, basic communication, and cultural contexts of language in Africa. Using dance class, percussion, song, and art, we also integrate French into a variety of activities in camp.

BENEFITS

Promote flexibility and cardiovascular Health and stamina building
Stimulate participant’s curiosity and creativity
Exposure to other cultures with the learning of traditional dances and drum from countries from West Africa,
Exposure to other steps and rhythms with the teaching of traditional dances and drum from countries from West Africa,
Confidence building with the presentation of a performance at the end of the session
Learn and create arts and crafts related to the African countries
Exposure to the French language through song, video and basic French teaching
Understanding other cultures with the background and history provided
Teamwork and individual work