Aduna organises tailor-made festivals for community organisations, schools and commercial enterprises. These can comprise concerts and workshops in:
- Music
- Dance
- Storytelling
- Drama
- Theatre
- Textiles
In April 2005, Aduna put on ‘The Healers’ festival in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
The event explored links between culture and healing in Africa and had parallel activities for adults and children. Seminars, debates and film were available for the former whilst the latter had a chance to do drumming, listen to stories and learn how to make Malian mudcloth. Each day culminated in a live music performance. On the Saturday people saw first hand the "ndepp" tradition from Senegal and on the Sunday they witnessed a live gnawa performance from the ancient cultures of Morocco
Healers evaluations:
“Good choice of themes. Very inspiring”
“ Very good, informative, insightful”
“It has given me a better understanding of attitudes to healing and health in African culture “
“It has been an awakening ! A realisation of the other dimensions of health and the language of the arts as a link “
"The activities were well prepared and focussed towards the children”
“The druming (sic) was brilliant. The storey teling (sic) was brilliant”
connecting cultures "cross-cultural collaboration and understanding"
- Music
