Bi-Okoto Kids Practice
In sync. Listening skills/selective attention and control are developed.
Happy 29th Bi-Okoto!
Actually, Bi-Okoto will be 30 in August. But why not celebrate a belated 29 now!
Uniting Voice of Chicago Visits Bi-Okoto
Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) inspires and unites youth from diverse backgrounds to become global leaders through music. Founded in 1956 by Rev. Christopher Moore as the Children’s Chorus of the First Unitarian Church of Chicago in direct response to the Civil Rights Movement, Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) is rooted
Yeye (Miss Funmi) teaching the kids a Ewe Song
Agbekor (agbekÉ”) is a type of music and a style of dance by the West African peoples of Ewe and Fon. It is an ancient dance once known as Atamga, Ga meaning ‘great’, Atam meaning ‘oath’. It is now performed by the people of Dzogadze, a farming community near Akatsi in the Southern part of the Volta Region of Ghana. It is characterized
Meet Jada from Bi-Okoto’s “Okoto Kekere” (Kid’s Program) !
Jada participated in our Okoto Kekere (Kid’s Program) for many years. She attended several years of summer camp and performed West African dancing and drumming in community events. And she even learned some of the Yoruba language which was useful on her recent trip to Ghana. Check out the testimonial of her mom Camilla! “Shout
Bi-Okoto’s Yeye Funmilayo Emily Ajamufua receives the Alimosho Creative APEX Award!
This award was presented by Alimosho Arts Community Initiatives in partnership with University of Kulture & Theatre Centrik as led by Chief Dr. Amb. Obani Oluwabiyi Anthony Boyede Greenlyte. Congratulations Funmi … you are loved and appreciated by the Bi-Okoto family!