Bizung School of Music & Dance
Tamale, Ghana
1000 yearly beneficiaries
20 staff
Since 2010
The Bizung School of Music & Dance is located in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana, hometown of percussionist and band leader Mohammed Alidu. Alidu is a descendant of a long line of talking drum chiefs known as the “Bizung” that have lived in the area for centuries. In his family’s honor, this place of inspiration has aptly been named the Bizung School of Music and Dance.
The school offers music and dance classes that are rooted in the traditional style of Northern Ghana.
Since opening in 2010, the Bizung School continues to grow with the addition of an open-air classroom to accommodate more children and a van to go out into the surrounding areas and transport children who would not be able to participate otherwise. A music studio has been opened for the students to learn how to use recording equipment and editing software–skills they use to tell their own stories and share their music, and which advance their education and work opportunities.
VIDEO OVERVIEW: TAKE A VISIT AT THE SCHOOL
Life in the community
Traditional music
African heritage
Recording studio
Expansion in process
STAFF ON THE GROUND
FEATURED STORIES
Building a Cultural Campus in Tamale, Ghana
Playing For Change Foundation has received financial support from the Nina Simone Charitable Trust to build a state-of-the-art cultural campus in northern Ghana at PFCF program the Bizung School of Music and Dance. PFCF Sustainable Design Advisor, award-winning architect, and Associate Professor of architecture Aziza Chaouni has designed music and dance classrooms, a performance space, and a recording studio, among other facilities
A Xylophone Class in 360° at the Bizung School of Music, Tamale Ghana
Bizung School of Music & Dance – Ghana Watch this xylophone class in 360 degrees featuring our music students and their teachers Aaron Babe and Mohammed Alidu. The Bizung School of Music and Dance in northern Ghana takes the ancestral
