With over 10 years experience, Kakatsitsi’s workshops and educational performances have won praise and acclaim from teachers and children across the country.

The group seek to educate people in the social role of traditional African music and dance, portraying African culture in a positive way, and offering alternatives to images of Africa as primitive and conflict ridden. Their approach is essentially participatory, and children are encouraged to find outlets for their creative potential, using existing techniques and styles as the basis for their own improvisations.  Through making music together the group also builds important skills of listening, concentration, teamwork and discipline.

The ideal format is for the group to spend a full day in each school, with a whole-school performance followed by three one hour, hands-on workshops. The times given are approximate and can be adapted to suit the timetable of a school day / the ages of the children involved.