"THE DRUM CAFE", is an innovative network of creative and performing professionals with the Central aim of re-defining drum music as a powerful medium of social change in east Africa
The first drum cafe was first hosted by Alliance francaise de Nairobi in September 2006 and supported by various individuals, cultural and artistic institutions.
Since then the Program has continued to work with younger and older drummers, organizations such as UNESCO, Sarakasi trust, Amref, Unity College and the Go down Arts center
The drum café holds workshops and organize performances where skills and knowledge are shared with the audiences besides serving as a source of soulful entertainment.
OBJECTIVES
- To highlight knowledge and practices in the field that advance artistic effectiveness to expand a collective impact.
- To promote the use of music as a medium for social change through a focus on effective measures,
- To increase cultural awareness and promote exchange between culture and development.
- To spear head and support the use of arts and culture in conflict resolution, education, Peace and friendship
- To improve knowledge on peace making through sharing information and experiences.
- To help societies retain their desirable values, arrest impending ailments on time and exercise dynamic avenues for the expansion of the frontiers of peace creation.
- To acknowledge cultural diversity as a driving force of development, not only on respect of growth, but also as a means of leading a more fulfilling intellectual, emotional, moral and spiritual life.