Exploring African Drumming and Percussion

With Morgan Matsiga aka Ras Shumba

Enjoy a mini concert as you learn about different African instruments and where they are commonly found. Then have the opportunity to try for yourself a myriad of African hand-held percussion instruments. Families, ages 4 and older.

Enjoy a mini concert as you learn about different African instruments and where they are commonly found. Then have the opportunity to try for yourself a myriad of African hand-held percussion instruments.

Our musical host Morgan Matsiga was raised in a rich traditional African music background in a family that produced some of the most respected mbira players in his ancestral homestead in Chiweshe, Mazowe District (Mashonaland Central Province of Zimbabwe). He is also the KOPN radio host for "Motherland Jam" and "Reggae Party."

Families, ages 4 and older are welcome.

This event is part of "Make Music Columbia," a wild and wonderful mix of free musical events presented by the City of Columbia Office of Cultural Affairs. This is a local version of "Make Music Day," a global music celebration that takes place on the summer solstice each year and brings people of all ages and skill levels together to make music.

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