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Art, dance, music and the performing arts is
usually the best way to get a idea,
vision or a basic understanding of
anyone's culture.
● The arts have a
built in discipline that increases the ability to
achieve academic
excellence. The arts give you an
interest and a better understanding of global
and world studies. The arts also enhance
critical thinking skills. The performing
arts, is a discipline
that keeps you in rhythm with body, mind and spirit.
● To inspire and
exemplify hope for all. To help stop the
violence, the killings
and self hatred, for those who suffer
identity, heritage and pride problems.
● It displays, educate,
teach and encourage cultural pride, dignity
and
appreciation.
● Cultural awareness
through the arts, literature 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 and
other ethnic cultural organizations respect and see
worth in
others as well as themselves. 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 to learn
and
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 teaching and
emphasizing the importance of EDUCATION,
HISTORY, AFRICAN DIASPORA, and the
PERFORMING ARTS.
This is why Africans in America must
love, appreciate and help African-Americans
who love and honor this
mission. This will make it easier and safer for
all of us
to live in peace and happiness.
HOW CAN ART and
PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS BE
HELPED or SUPPORTED TO ASSIST IN
EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY CULTURALLY?
● (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. Encourage your
children, family and friends to observe
performances, workshops and seminars
by African centered organizations.
● (2) Teach your
children, family and friends the value, significance and
love of
the African drums, dance, songs and
instruments.
● (3) Encourage
your children, family and friends to support, join and
get involved with
African centered organizations.
● (4) Learn as
much as possible and then teach and encourage radio,
television
and print media to help
support and advertise cultural arts.
● (5) Encourage
radio, television and print media to
promote presentations of
African Dance & Drum organizations
for their listening or viewing audience.
● (6) Encourage
PROMOTERS of Cultural, R&B, Hip Hop, Gospel, Jazz,
Blues,
Rock & Roll and Reggae events, to use
their Main Attraction, Headliners
or Superstars to promote
high energetic and entertaining
African Dance
& Drum troupes.
WHY?
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, whose culture has
been lost. 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.
African Dance & Drum
Troupes will directly and instantly get to the
heart and spirit of the
individual. This will give your audience the desire
to appreciate their culture and
history. It will also help educate them of
the past and present. Hopefully,
this will teach them to respect
themselves and others for the
future. This will bring the respect of order
and safety to your events.
Always add your African Dance & Drum troupes on your
advertised promotions
as additional HEADLINERS to
encourage and display to your audience the value
of culture (The original music)
especially for African Americans or Black people
who suffer identity and pride
problems. Some promoters have used Universal
African Dance & Drum Ensemble
this way and it has been very successful in
educating and entertaining their
audiences. Many promoters and Universal African
Dance & Drum Ensemble have received
many accolades, e-mails, letters and kind
words from their audiences concerning
their enjoyment and appreciation at these
events.
Use us to inspire and exemplify hope for ALL,
especially for African Americans
To help STOP THE VIOLENCE,
STOP THE KILLINGS and SELF-HATRED
WE MUST ENCOURAGE AND CREATE
HEADLINERS
OF THE CULTURE
On July, 15,
2008, these alleged young men killed two Africans
(husband and wife) from Africa.
In an unrelated incident a husband and wife also
lost their lives while their five children were inside
the residence. These killings are of the highest level
of evil, hatred and ignorance. These
young killers are culturally, historically,
religiously and spiritually deprived.
We (Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble)
believe that we have been blessed to
travel the United States of America to EDUCATE
and TEACH at-risk or inner city youth
the
values of love, discipline, culture, history,
and the African Diaspora. We also believe that
we should be used at school assemblies, colleges,
community and religious events TO DO WHAT
WE WERE BLESSED TO DO.
"Mentoring,
Educating, Saving and Transforming Lives to be
productive and righteous"
PLEASE SUPPORT & DONATE
● (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) Study the
benefits and value of African Dance & Drum
organizations.
● (9) Support
financially and morally to help encourage organizations
to continue
the great works of advocating
African Art and African Performing Arts.
● (10) 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,
Rock & Roll 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.
4 According to
anthropologist, Africa is the origin of man and
THE MOTHER LAND.
THE
FIRST HEART BEAT - THE FIRST DRUM
5 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
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