Zumbi Soweto aka Wilbert L. Turner,Jr Objective: To preserve the great african heritage and tradition of art, music dance, drumming and culture by contiually nourishing, building upon, teaching and creating so our history manifests and multiplies the glory of african people, always honoring Our Creator, and our ancestors. Experience: 1991 to present Teaching African history, music and culture Friends Neighborhood Guild African American Museum Chester Eastside Ministries Philadelphia Friends Society Germantown High School Cunningham Recreation Center Ausar Auset Society Stiltwalkers Bookstore Bartram High School Martha Washington Middle School George Pepper Middle School Paul Robeson House Artist in Residence since 2001 Tyehimba African Drum and Dance Ensemble Leader since 1996 Performances: Community College of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Temple University Bucks County Community College Philadelphia Public Schools African Extravaganza Annual Tribute to Baba Olatungi The Kimmel Center The Million Woman March and more... Instruments: traditional West African drums: Dgembe, dgun dgun, songba, kekenee, balafon agogo bell, lekupe, kalimba, and sekere Education: The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio Bachelors degree Lincoln University 1 semester |
