The syllabus in these art forms aims to develop a knowledge and appreciation of African musical instruments. It aims to promote enjoyment of African music and to increase knowledge and understanding of the cultural importance of music in Africa.
Participants will enjoy music through personal involvement and increase their musical abilities, developing skills for playing various musical instruments.
Workshop participants are encouraged to participate in the music subjectively and experience the appeal of music. Workshops are geared towards the development of all human intelligence. Arts education gives the opportunity to grow by exploring all aspects of creativity and the pleasure and enjoyment it offers.

The policy is the children to have a “hands on” experience. Practical involvement in simple clapping, percussion and singing and the development of rhythmic and melodic skills, sense of pulse (rhythm), simple and compound beats. Participants learn how to play the drum, where it originates from and how it is played or used in Africa; it is the instrument that best expresses the inner feelings of Africa.

Singing accompanied by games and simple dancing. Teaching songs using games, story-telling and dances. Also to learn how different African cultures use song as a means of communicating ideas and also put an emphasis on call and response songs as in many societies in Africa. Call and response is used to allow shared participation and involvement.

The objective is to develop a knowledge and appreciation of African traditional and modern dance, dancing skills, confidence and enjoyment. Dance forms and their relation to functions and roles in society; dances about work (agriculture), love and relationships, and about celebration / commemoration. The aim is to learn the movements and their significance, creativity, dance expression, composition and development, demonstrating the ability to co-ordinate movement and rhythm and basic variations.
Participants can start by suggesting their own movements and often a routine will include for solo improvisations and ability to perform with confidence.

Instrument Making

Storytelling is as much a part of African life as are the songs, drums, and other forms of African art. The history and past events in most rural parts of Africa are passed on orally from generation to generation. Elders are viewed as a key link into our lives and they are keepers of information. They tell us stories which they were told by their parents, as told by their parents' parents. Stories are told to educate, to entertain, to pass on traditions, beliefs and values.
Stories help young people to learn listening skills. Stories bring young people into a simpler world of communication away from TVs and other forms of electronic gadgets. Stories can help young people to learn and appreciate the diversity of cultures and traditions that exist, particularly in Africa.