Afro Culture Kids Camp in Lagos

By Kanukai Chigamba & Lindiwe Msimang

Simba kuvana. Power to the kids!!!! Come rain. Come Nigerian Heat. Afro Culture Kids Camp-Lagos was the place to be. Afro Culture Kids Camp is a community-based outdoor Pan-African arts & culture camp catered to kids ages 5-16 of African descent. Our camp is full of music, dance, art & crafts, healthy cooking, games, storytelling, languages, outdoor play, and nature/garden exploration. Kids enrolled in this camp are excited about learning new skills, being creative, making and keeping friends, and having lots of fun.

For the days of April 16, 17, 18, 2024, the kids explored different stages of the harvest season through Igbo, Yoruba, Idoma, & Shona songs, music, dance, cooking, arts and crafts. One of our camps goals is to always send the kids home each day with a new phrase in a different language from what they already speak.

We wouldn’t have been able to provide a safe space for our kids without our amazing Lagos Facilitators

• Valerie (Danfo) (Arts & Crafts)

• Mazi Ifeanyi (Igbo Dance & Songs)

• Mama Ejima (Igbo Language & Songs)

• Amalu (Drumming and Games)

• Egbon Joe (Yoruba Dance & Songs , Idoma Games)

• Chinwa (Cooking)

• Tete Kanukai (Shona Chants, Games)

• TKD Farms (TKD Farmers Market)

Thanks to all the ACK parents who trusted their children with us to help enrich their understanding of African cultures and traditions, and a very big thank you to all the campers for showing up each day with an attitude for learning and just overall keeping good spirits throughout their camp experience.

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Meals eaten at camp were meals often prepped by our very own campers who got to enjoy the fruits of their labor

“What I particularly found interesting at camp was the food, it was my first time ever trying this dish and it was delicious. I’m not sure what it was called but it’s very similar to ugali but it was a Zimbabwean ugali” - Ibhawaegbele Osemudiamen Victory

MOMENTS AT AFRO CULTURE KIDS CAMP LAGOS