Fanka 2013 FANKA (the art) is a new initiative/program at Ka Joog nonprofit Organization which started March 2012.
With this new initiative, we hope to not only bring together all the Somali artists around the world, but to celebrate their creativity and pieces. Ka Joog will partner with The Cedar Cultural Center, and other organizations in the Somali community to engage local, national, and international Somali artists to create, teach, present, and document the Somali oral traditions of poetry, storytelling,
and music. The vision of this program, titled FANKA (the arts in Somali), is to empower the Somalis living in Minnesota by providing resources, tools, and space to practice, teach, present, and document our traditional oral art forms; to increase intercultural understanding by sharing these art forms with non-Somali communities; and to improve quality of life for Somali youth by engaging them with positive activities that simultaneously connect them with their culture. FANKA consists of three series of eight weekly workshops led by recognized Somali artists in poetry, storytelling, and music, each which will culminate in a public presentation. The project will document these art forms digitally and translate the poems and stories for the non-Somali audience. Ka Joog is local, Somali arts and education organization which aims to motivate and empower Somali youth to attain a higher education, realize their potential, and achieve their dreams through the Somali oral traditions of art. The program also dovetails with the core of The Cedar Cultural Center’s mission to promote intercultural appreciation and understanding.
Be live tomorrow on instagram, fb & twitter. Every picture you take .
06/25/2013
Somali Independence Day Festival 2013
THIS YEAR YOUR FRIENDS AT KA JOOG ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN BESTOWED THE HONOR OF HOSTING THE SOMALI INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVAL!! WE ARE EXCIT...
02/04/2013
Are you ready for fanka?
02/04/2013
FANKA 2013
FANKA: Storytelling & Music
We invite everyone in the community to come join us on Friday, February 15, 2013 at Safari restaurant at 4:30 PM for a night of celebrate the Somali traditio...
01/29/2013
FANKA 2013
01/29/2013
Fanka 2013 coming up!!! Stay Tuned!!!
01/22/2013
Art. Changes. Everything.
01/09/2013
Fanka 2013! Make sure you get involved. How can you get involved? Visit our website @ www.kajoog.org or email us at [email protected]