Founded in 1998, African Soul International brings over 20years of experience in Diversity and Inclusion programming for companies from NASA, UCLA and Amgen to schools, colleges, universities and community-based events. This family-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization uses the traditional arts of Africa to empower and educate youth in the inner-city Los Angeles community. Our is mission to present and preserve African and African-American cultural arts in ways that empower, educate and inspire. We use the arts to keep youth off the streets, bring communities together and build bridges of joy and compassion through positive artistic experiences.Our organization has 3 focus areas: Community Outreach, Education, and Performance Community Outreach- offers classes, workshops and conferences that feature our amazing professional artistic team as well as master artists from throughout Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Congo, Liberia and The Gambia. Education- Each of our programs meet Common Core standards in English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies. Contact us to schedule a meeting to fit your curricular needs! We have over 20 years of excellence in the field of Arts Education and hope you will consider us as a resource. Performance- African Soul International specializes in professional performances with our amazing ensemble of dancers, drummers, stilt walkers, acrobats, singers and story tellers. Here's a few links to our performances: African Soul Featured in 'Say Yes', featuring Beyonce' and Kelly Rowland by Michelle Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MZxf-lQD-o Promotional Video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WD-1PCYQnc Performance of Ballanta, with history- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRyGG3W0MhE Performance of Lambang (Palace Theater)-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtVjW3lAob8