Commemorating Black History Month
Mark your calendars to attend this special event! Black Wall Strret 3. Small Black Business Appreciation Day at Bi Okoto.
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African Proverb
A single raindrop does not make a pool. A single house does not make a community. And a single tree does not make a forest. Take “a single tree” to mean one person and “a forest” to mean many people. Thus, the proverb means one person alone cannot accomplish as much as many people. It
Bi-Okoto Kids Practice
In sync. Listening skills/selective attention and control are developed.
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Happy 29th Bi-Okoto!
Actually, Bi-Okoto will be 30 in August. But why not celebrate a belated 29 now!
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Uniting Voice of Chicago Visits Bi-Okoto
Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) inspires and unites youth from diverse backgrounds to become global leaders through music. Founded in 1956 by Rev. Christopher Moore as the Children’s Chorus of the First Unitarian Church of Chicago in direct response to the Civil Rights Movement, Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) is rooted
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Yeye (Miss Funmi) teaching the kids a Ewe Song
Agbekor (agbekษ) is a type of music and a style of dance by the West African peoples of Ewe and Fon. It is an ancient dance once known as Atamga, Ga meaning ‘great’, Atam meaning ‘oath’. It is now performed by the people of Dzogadze, a farming community near Akatsi in the Southern part of the Volta Region of Ghana. It is characterized
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Meet Jada from Bi-Okoto’s “Okoto Kekere” (Kid’s Program) !
Jada participated in our Okoto Kekere (Kid’s Program) for many years. She attended several years of summer camp and performed West African dancing and drumming in community events. And she even learned some of the Yoruba language which was useful on her recent trip to Ghana. Check out the testimonial of her mom Camilla! “Shout
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Bi-Okoto’s Yeye Funmilayo Emily Ajamufua receives the Alimosho Creative APEX Award!
This award was presented by Alimosho Arts Community Initiatives in partnership with University of Kulture & Theatre Centrik as led by Chief Dr. Amb. Obani Oluwabiyi Anthony Boyede Greenlyte. Congratulations Funmi … you are loved and appreciated by the Bi-Okoto family!
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Adult Drum Class – Come Join Us!
Every Saturday morning at 11AM! This cut is special because the kids joined us to dance along with the drumming!
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It’s Beginning to look a lot like Kwanzaa!
Bi-Okoto will be hosting Cincinnati Citywide Kwanzaa celebration on December 26th. Mark your calendars! There will be lots of celebrations and performances. One of them will be the Bi-Okoto children performers … aka “Okoto Kekera”. And they are already practicing under the direction of Baba Kamau. Check it out!
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