For groups looking for activities we have a whole range of workshops: dance, percussion, African board games, initiation language lessons, decolonisation at Africa Museum, decolonisation at Kuumba. Our workshops are organised at Kuumba or on location and can be adapted to your wishes.

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• Dance: this dance class is a workout with dance from Central Africa. This workshop is given by Joseph Saidi Simako. Highly recommended for school groups, groups of adults, in other words: both young & old!
   
• Dance for the little ones!
   
• Percussion: this interactive and rhythmic workshop for young & old is an ideal relaxation and introduction to African tradtional music.
   
• Board games: get to know the traditional community games from all over the African continent. This workshop creates fun moments and group feeling. Come with your family, colleagues & friends to play fun games.
   
• Languages: bridges or walls? This introductory workshop is for language enthusiasts who want to get to know an African language. At Kuumba, you’ll have the opportunity to discover Swahili or Lingala — two widely spoken languages in Sub-Saharan Africa.
   
• Arabic calligraphy: This workshop gives you the opportunity to become familiar with Arabic calligraphy through practice and to discover the beauty of each calligraphy style. You will learn how to handle the Qalam (a diagonally cut reed pen) and the various basic principles of creating a calligraphic painting.
   
• Decolonisation at Africa Museum: Starting with the 2023-2024 school year, the AfricaMuseum and Flemish-African House Kuumba are joining forces for an educational package on Belgian-Congolese colonial history for students (3rd grade secondary school). At the AfricaMuseum, you can attend the workshop Colonization: Belgium-Congo, which explores the colonization of Congo. How to register?
  Subscription Royal Museum for Central Africa - Tervuren - Belgium (africamuseum.be)
   
• Decolonisation at Kuumba: Kuumba offers a workshop on Decolonization that takes a deeper look at the effects of colonialism on our society today. Themes such as racism, discrimination and stereotypes are addressed. A safe space is created so that everyone can and dares to speak.

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How to register?

Mail: info@kuumba.be
Tel: +32 476 71 37 92

Price

• For 1h30: €225  (excl. vat)
• For 2h: €275 (excl.vat)

* These workshops can be organises on another location.

Kuumba will be closed from 22 December to 5 January. Our workshops cannot be booked on those dates.