Welcome to Kulu Mele
Since its creation four decades ago, Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum
Ensemble has established a national reputation as a unique and dynamic performing company. The longest-lived African Dance company in Philadelphia, Kulu Mele has built a repertoire that is an exciting blend of West African ancestral tradition and African American creativity. Performances include music and dance of Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, Brazil, Haiti, Cuba and African America. A force behind a vital African cultural renaissance in Philadelphia, the Ensemble teaches and performs both new and traditional works.
Mission Inspired by the voices of our ancestors, Kùlú Mèlé African Dance & Drum Ensemble preserves, presents and builds upon the dance and music of Africa and the African Diaspora. |
Press & News Kulu Mele African American Dance Ensemble has changed its Name!! |
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