Our Partners
Yaa Asantewa Arts Centre
Yaa Asantewa are Zhana's partners in the Black Arts project.
This project examines the relationship between Black history and the arts in view of the forthcoming 2007 commemoration of the end of the Transatlantic trade in African people.
In 1985, the Centre took the name of Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa (1850-1921) of the Asante (Ashanti) people of Ghana, who led the heroic and ultimately successful struggle to maintain her people's national integrity and ancient cultural heritage.
Today the Yaa Asantewaa hosts many community groups including the United West Indian Association of British Calypsonians (ABC), the Association of Portuguese in England (API) and the Djembe Drummers.
Carnival: Today the Notting Hill Carnival is Europe's largest, and the Yaa Asantewaa houses the major prize-winning
Exclusively funded for the arts we also present music, drama, dance, literary, and visual arts events and exhibitions. Yaa
Asantewaa run a well-attended Summer Youth project each year which forms part of our broad educational programme. Over the years, the centre has provided the incubating venue for a number of established black British artists.In 1997 Yaa Asantewaa opened its Arts Gallery which exhibits works from renowned, established, resident and emerging black British artists. Yaa Asantewaa believe their proven leadership in the above reflect the unique and specialised knowledge that they have built up through their community-based network of the African Diaspora. These links have been developed over a period of 25 years.
http://www.yaaasant.demon.co.uk/
To read an interview with Shabaka Thompson, Artistic Director of Yaa Asantewa, click here.