Teachers Guide

African Heritage

Dancers and Drummers

How we began

 

The African Heritage Dancers & Drummers were one of the first “Black Performing Arts,” companies originating in the Inner City Shaw communities of Metro-Washington, D.C., as a “Black Cultural Awareness” project in the early 1960’s.  

Philosophy

 

To more positively understand the continent of Africa, its people, Past, Present and Future, and the contributions made to Dance, Music and Culture in America today, the African Heritage Dancers & Drummers proudly present “Dances of West Africa.”

Our Work

 

The Director, Mr. Melvin Deal, is a veteran artist of some forty years of experience as a performer, lecturer, teacher, and founder of the institution. 

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