Summer 2008 marked Steamboat Springs' first-ever West African dance and drum festival! Thanks to the support of Strings Music Festival and Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp, the Steamboat African Dance & Drum Ensemble was able to share 11 of our very favorite West African master dance and drum teachers with our community all at once. Pan Africa is a performance group comprised of professional dancers and drummers from Guinea, Ghana, Mali and Togo. Together they taught all-level dance and drum classes, held kids' workshops and put on a sold-out performance at Strings.

Who is Pan Africa?
ADJEI ABANKWAH (GHANA), MOHAMNED ALIDU (GHANA),
SELASEE ATIASE (GHANA), FACINET BANGOURA (GUINEA),
DAVID COFIE (GHANA), ABDOUL DOUMBIA (MALI),
FARA TOLNO (GUINEA), KOFFI TOUDJI (TOGO),
MAPUTO MENSAH (GHANA), MAUWENYEGA MENSAH (GHANA),
DJENEBA SAKO (MALI)