Wassa Wassa Workshops

Adult Drum Workshops-Dublin 2012

wassa — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:46:57 +0000

Adult Drum Workshops are due to start in Dublin again this month. Facilitated by Niall Delahan the classes will be on Friday evenings in Dublin City Centre, Location, start date & exact times t.b.c. this week. If you;d like to be put on teh mailing list for this just email wassawassaworkshops@gmail.com

Dublin Culture Night-Performance with Akidwa

wassa — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:34:35 +0000

http://www.culturenight.ie/2011/08/akidwa-choir-performance-at-temple-bar-square/

Northside Music Festival 2011

wassa — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:54:28 +0000

Wassa Wassa are delighted to be invloved in what’s looking like a cracking programme for this year’s Dublin City Council-Northside Music Festival-Check out our performance in Father Collins Park, Donaghmede this Sunday 7th August @ 2pm which includes a special performance by Community Groups from Ballybough Youth Project & Ballymun Regional Resource Centre. Artscope ltd.

Dublin City Council NSMFestival

Are event managers & queries can be directed to info@artscope.ie or through Dublin City Council at http://www.dublincity.ie/RECREATIONANDCULTURE/ARTSOFFICE

/PROGRAMMES/Pages/CurrentProgrammes.aspx

Wassa Wassa Workshops at Kilmainham Arts Festival- 26th & 27th August

wassa — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:21:49 +0000

http://festival.kilmainhamartsclub.com/

Wassa Wassa Workshops on RTE-Kidspeak

wassa — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:00:11 +0000

Students from St. Josephs GNS, Finglas performed an African Drum & Song piece with Niall today for the RTE TV show-Kidspeak. This piece will air later in the summer & clip -which is sure to be a cracker!- will be available on our site after that

Irish Aid and Wassa Wassa Workshops present- Pathways to Africa Project -part of Africa Day 2011 -Featuring Legend of Of West African Percussion Nansady Keita

wassa — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:25:34 +0000

Pathways to Africa-Africa Day 2011 will bring the colour, sounds and spectacle of Africa to Temple Bar through public drum workshops and a high-energy World Music Event at the Button Factory (Sunday 22^nd May 7pm) featuring legend of West African Percussion Nansady Keita with Wassa Wassa Rhythm & Dance Collective, Congalese music from Niwel TSumbo and reggae, dub & roots with Dub Investigation.

This concert is one of the main Dublin events to celebrate Africa Day 2011 and is proudly supported by Irish Aid and produced by Wassa Wassa Workshops. Africa Day, an initiative of the African Union, falls on the 25^th May each year. A weeklong series of events with African music, dance, film, history, educational activities, sport and art and will take place between May 21^st and May 29^th to mark Africa Day in Ireland. The aim of the week is to celebrate the diversity and potential of the African continent and increase awareness of Ireland’s many links with Africa. (http://www.africaday.ie/Dublin.aspx )

Tickets available at Tickets.ie

and on Ticketmaster

Africa Day events are an opportunity to celebrate the heritage and identity of African communities living in Ireland. The aim is also to raise public awareness of Irish Aid, the Irish Government’s overseas development programme, and the countries in which it works. Irish Aid, Ireland’s official aid programme to developing countries is delighted to support events such as this marking Africa Day. The focus of Ireland’s aid programme is the fight against poverty and exclusion in some of the world’s least developed countries, particularly in Africa.

Wassa Wassa welcomes Nansady Keita

wassa — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:10:03 +0000

Wassa Wassa are delighted to announce Djembe-fola-Nansady Keita will be joining us for a series of workshops and performances from 20th-23rd May. Djembé-master Famoudou Konaté says about his nephew Nansady: “The workshops and performances that Nansady Keita offers magnificently illustrate the one-of-a-kind musical tradition of the Malinké in Guinea. Together with the fine combination of traditional ability and professional experience he is an ideal and suitable representative for the culture of our people”.

This event is definately one for the diary!

For bookings/inquiries contact Niall on 087 6938016 / wassawassa@dublin.ie

Wassa Wassa Welcomes Amara Kante

wassa — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:57:06 +0000

Amara Kante- djembefola

Wassa Wassa are delighted to welcome legend of African Drum & Dance- Amara Kante to Dublin for a series of high-end drum & dance workshops from the 21st-24th January 2011

Mr. Kante will also be performing with Wassa Wassa in Dublin over the weekend-keep an eye on the website over the coming weeks for further details.

Booking Essential for Workshops:

Niall Delahan: 087 6938016

niall@wassawassa.ie

See www.djembefola.com for full bio & interview with Amara Kante

See Wassa Wassa Drum Workshops on TV 3

wassa — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:15:50 +0000

http://www.tv3.ie/ireland_am.php?video=29718&locID=1.65.74

Ireland AM TV3

wassa — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:17:39 +0000

Wassa Wassa Workshops to feature on Ireland AM 25th Nov 2010 as part of Concern Fastival