Presented in partnership with Ambe’r Johnson, Azania Drum, Music Moves Chi/Old Town School of Folk Music, and Beloved.Projects.

What began as a personal birthday celebration has transformed into a highly anticipated annual event bringing together dancers, drummers, and community members through intensive–style workshops and immersive archival installations dedicated to the Guinean rhythms of Dundunba. AMBER’S DUNDUNBA PARTY 4.0 features West African dance artists/instructors Imania Detry, Zenzile Fatou, and Washington, D.C.-based, master teacher Mama Lesina Martin. Dundunba (also spelled dununba) refers to the drum, a family of West African rhythms, and a traditional celebratory dance originating from the Malinké people of Guinea, West Africa.

Photos Credit: William Frederking