A traditional singing workshop in Dakar is an hour of African singing in a small group, led by a local instructor. You need to be at least two for the workshop to run, which makes it an outing to share with friends, as a couple or as a family.

An hour of singing, in a small group

The workshop is a one-hour traditional African singing session, led by a local instructor, in a small group. It runs from two participants: you do not book alone, but as two or more.

It is a short format, designed as a discovery rather than a regular course: an hour is enough to get an idea. If you live in Dakar, it is an activity to try with others, among colleagues, friends or family, rather than a solo class. If you are visiting, it is a way to get close to a culture through the voice rather than through sightseeing.

As singing readily goes with rhythm, the workshop combines well with a percussion session in the same spirit: an hour of voice in the morning, an hour of drums in the afternoon, and you discover the city’s musical culture by taking part.

Dakar, a city lived through its neighbourhoods

Dakar is not visited like a list of monuments: you get to know it through its neighbourhoods, its ocean and its tempo. The city sets the colonial Plateau against the lively Médina, and the skyscrapers of the Corniche against the pirogues of Soumbedioune. The workshop belongs to the Dakar region, with no neighbourhood specified: this region, which stretches to the Pointe des Almadies, the westernmost point of mainland Africa, has several million inhabitants. So allow for an urban journey before and after the workshop.

Things to do around the workshop

To carry on with music, singing and music classes, percussion workshops and the African dance class make a coherent path. For sightseeing, the Médina and the Plateau are easy to explore on foot, and Gorée Island can be visited from Dakar. The Corniche, the markets and the neighbouring districts let you extend the day without leaving the city, as a group or as a family.