African Beat

African Beat African Beat brings joy to life with interactive drumming for everyone. Our team know how to captivate any audience No prior musical experience is necessary!
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From team building events for the corporate industry to educational school shows, to unique entertainment to make your party unforgettable. Afrrican Beat’s interactive drumming events create a sense of unity & team spirit through the power of music. With a drum for everyone, your team will embark on a fun musical adventure with Master Drummers from Africa, who guide everyone to play African beats.

Watch your team transform from individual work colleagues to a unified percussion orchestra, laughing & opening up to each other as human beings. This non-competitive experience showcases the importance of teamwork to reach a united common goal. African Beat performs at events nationally and caters for groups of virtually any size!

Get ready for some serious entertainment, we're taking the field at the Giants game this Saturday!!
02/07/2024

Get ready for some serious entertainment, we're taking the field at the Giants game this Saturday!!

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Monday 08:30 - 16:00
Tuesday 08:30 - 16:00
Wednesday 08:30 - 16:00
Thursday 08:30 - 16:00
Friday 08:30 - 16:00

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The heart and soul of African Beat is their Artistic Director and Master Drummer, Tuza, who entertains Australian audiences with interactive traditional African drum and dance sessions. Groups including school students, aged care residents and corporate high fliers have all been captivated by Tuza's energy, which began in a poor village in Ghana, West Africa.

Tuza was born in Ghana in West Africa. His parents couldn’t afford to buy him a drum, so he improvised, learning his craft on a jerry can and pots and pans. His parents disapproved, believing his education was more important than music.

Tuza persisted, eventually learning traditional music from the elders of his village - the Ga tribe of Ghana and forming a drum and dance ensemble (The Salaka Ensemble) with local youths, ensuring the traditional music of his tribe would not be lost.

In 2000, Tuza visited Australia for the first time and began performing in schools. With just his djembe (African drum) and a passion to share his culture, he raised enough money to form a company - Teambeat (which later became African Beat) and buy another 100 drums. With these he toured more schools with a live, interactive show which enabled students to play the drums themselves. Word quickly spread about this unique show and it wasn’t long before Tuza’s solo performances at schools evolved into a national tour, combining the talented musicians from the Salaka Ensemble with more than 1,000 drums.