Posts Tagged ‘theme’
Youth Eagerly Experience Their Cultural Heritage
I was initially dubious as to how interested local youth would be in artifacts and daily work traditions. H How wrong I was. They were so happy to see them, and the elders were so happy to share them.
Read MoreThe Challenge of Sitting Allowances
Sitting fees is a payment paid to participants of a workshop or program for …. participating. In Tanzania, they have come to be expected in conjunction with charitable training and government programs. ADEA also had to deal with this expectation.
Read MoreBlog post #4 – The MaKuYa Traditional Dance and Culture Festival
In 2006 we at ADEA along with some other expats working in Mtwara, Tanzania had the idea of a festival, one that celebrated culture and fun. In 2008 this idea became the MaKuYa Traditional Culture and Performing Arts Festival. It sparked a renaissance in traditional dance, it bridge the generations, and lifted appreciations for local culture.
Read MoreBlog post #3 – The Maasai Boma Schools & work with the Maasai
In 2007 ADEA partnered with the Pillar of Maasai Development (PMD) Community Based Organization (CBO) in Rombo, Kenya to bring primary school education to Maasai children whose families needed future hope due to devastating loss of land and cattle. In this blog I’ll share dimensions of ADEA’s work with the Maasai: our efforts, successes and challenges. Also, the culture I have experienced and friends I have made.
Read MoreBlog post #2 – ADEA’s work with Artisans
Under this category you will learn about ADEA’s work with artisans that initially launched ADEA – and thus our name “The center for African Development through Economics and the Arts”.
Read MoreADEA – My Introduction Blog Post
Welcome to the first of many (maybe hundreds) of very very short blogs from Africa drawn from my more than two decades of working, living, socializing, exploring, and experiencing life in East Africa. These blogs will be diverse in their content drawn from past and present developments of my ADEA
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