African Mask Making Workshops

African Mask Making Workshops

One of the main characteristics of the culture of African peoples is the use of masks in rituals and ceremonies. They represent spirits of animals or ancestors, mythological heroes, moral values or a form of honouring of a person in a symbolic way. They can be made...
Batik Workshops

Batik Workshops

Batik is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to whole cloth, or cloth made using this technique. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a canting.   The applied wax resists dyes and therefore...
African Tie Dyeing

African Tie Dyeing

Two of the most popular dyeing techniques in Africa are tie and dye and resist dye. In tie and dye, designs are first tied or stitched into the cloth, using cotton or raffia threads. In resist dye, dyers draw on the cloth using an impermeable substance, such as candle...
The African Yam Festival

The African Yam Festival

Yams are usually the first fruits of the harvest, the staple food of many peoples of western Africa. The yam is a large tuberous root related to the sweet potato. African yams can be white, yellow, or orange inside (but they still taste sweet) and come in many shapes...
African Arts to Combat Loneliness

African Arts to Combat Loneliness

We have put together a new workshop to tackle loneliness in the UK for our older generation. In recent years loneliness in the UK has become an increasing issue with the elderly, with many OAP’s sometimes not seeing another person for weeks on end. Psychologists have...