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WHY SHOULD WE
SUPPORT AFRICAN ART & THE
AFRICAN PERFORMING ARTS?
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It displays, educates, teaches and encourages cultural pride, dignity and
appreciation.
● Cultural awareness through the arts and the
performing arts has been proven
to be the best way to help
present values, respect, love and understanding
of anyone’s culture.
● It helps Africans, other ethnic and cultural
organizations respect and see worth in
others. To help
understand and appreciate the beauty of African culture,
African people and where African-Americans or black people originated.
● It helps
everyone and especially African-Americans or black people
understand
the importance of honoring their place of origin, Africa.
At the same time it helps
our African family appreciate that there are
African-Americans helping to
build
UNITY, through emphasizing HISTORY, EDUCATION and the
PERFORMING
ARTS.
HOW CAN ART and
PERFORMING ART GROUPS BE HELPED or
SUPPORTED?
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(1) Take time out of your busy schedules to observe
performances, workshops and
seminars by African
centered organizations to help teach and spread the beauty of
African culture.
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(2) Teach your children, family and friends the value and to love the African drums,
dance,
songs and instruments.
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(3) Encourage your children, family and friends to
observe performances,
workshops and seminars by African centered organizations.
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(4) Encourage your children, family and friends to support, join and get involved with
African
centered organizations.
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(5) Learn as much as possible to teach and encourage
radio, television and print media
to help support and
advertise.
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(6) Encourage
radio, television and print media to
promote presentations of
African Dance &
Drum organizations for their listening or viewing audience.
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(7) Point 9 of the
10 Issues of the
Millions More Movement is very important, it states:
Artistic / Cultural Development - We
demand a greater accountability and
responsibility of our artists, entertainers, industry personnel and executives,
for them to commit to the redevelopment and upliftment of our people. We
demand an
end to the exploitation of our talent by outside forces. We will make
strides in obtaining
greater control over the means of production and distribution of our immense
artistic
talent and creative genius. We advocate for cultural development, and
for the
knowledge of our original culture to be used as a
model for future advancement.
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(8)
Within the news media and our own personal experiences of
family, friends, community
and
nation, we are witnessing BLACK on
BLACK CRIME at an alarming rate.
BLACK on BLACK CRIME,
such as murder, rape,
theft, child abuse,
child neglect,
intentionally sexually transmitting diseases and
more is basically BLACK on
BLACK
HATRED.
Hatred or self hatred
within the African American community is the results of a
people
and/or race, who's culture has been taken. The results are having
NO love,
self-pride, dignity,
honor, and respect of
themselves.
NOT, advocating and supporting the arts and history
is very dangerous and
contributes to the major problems and the social ills that effect Africans and
African-Americans (black people), within the United States of America.
HOW
CAN YOU TRUST A PERSON WHO DOES NOT LOVE THEMSELVES?
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(9) Study the benefits and value of African Dance &
Drum organizations.
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(10) Support financially and morally to help encourage organizations to continue
the great works of advocating
African Art and African Performing Arts.
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(11) Encourage others to give and support.
THE BENEFITS,
KNOWLEDGE and VALUE OF AFRICAN DANCE
and DRUM
♥ “African Drum Beats and Music is the true root
of all music
THE FIRST HEART BEAT - THE FIRST DRUM -
(1st NOTE)”
♥ “The Pulse of the Drum – Is the Spirit of the
HEART”
♥ “IT IS MUSIC THAT HEALS and PENETRATES THE
SOUL”
► All music including Classical, Gospel, Jazz,
Blues, Rap, R&B, Hip Hop, Rap and etc.,
come from the African
Beat
► African Drums
are one of the highest
levels of spirituality produced through
BODY,
MIND and SPIRIT.
EXCELLENT
POINTS OF INTEREST AND FACTS
1 Africa is known to many as the continent that
feeds the world
2 Africa is very rich in natural resources.
3
Most of all the natural resources, such as diamonds, oil, gold, silver, minerals
and etc.,
were
taken from Africa.
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According to anthropologist, Africa is the origin of man and THE MOTHER LAND.
THE FIRST HEART BEAT - THE FIRST DRUM
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BECAUSE OF AFRICA, WE ALL ON THIS EARTH, GET A CHANCE TO LIVE THE
WAY WE
DO, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS A GOOD LIFE
Robert H. Dickerson
Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble
www.unitycommunity.com
CONTACT US- CLICK HERE
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