WE ARE A.XODUS - a culturally inclusive organisation: A creative collective that upholds and celebrates pan-african culture through education.
A.Xodus stands against racism, for diversity and inclusion.
Our current projects will bring all members of the East London community together regardless of ethnicity or socio-economic background.
The A.Xodus ethos is:
“NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM YOU CAN BE SUCCESFUL”
A.Xodus Values:
Creative Empowerment through Collaborative Community & Equality to drive Cultural Inclusivity & Wellbeing.
Because we’re Stonger Together
Help Us to P.I.E
Preserve, Inform & Empower
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A.Xodus educational work shops for our East London boroughs.
These workshops are diverliered by experts in their field who are also from East London communities.
A.Xodus diversity and inclusion workshop 2025:
A.Xodus is honoured to have been invited to facilitate our diversity and inclusion workshop delivered by artist @kaboukie with east London's Filipino community at the St. Barnabas after school club in walthamstow. @nightspotcinema will also be doing a short introduction to film making on the day. A.Xodus would also like to thank @chelmsdio for housing the workshop, and a massive big up to @nearneighbours for funding the project.
Details:
Diversity & inclusion Percussion Work Shop delivered by artist Ka Boukie & a introduction to film with Nightspot Cinema on Tuesday the 3rd Of June 2025
Location:
St. Barnabas after school club 4pm - 6 pm
Address:
STAFFORD HALLST BARNABAS ROADE17 8JZ
A.xodus In partnership with GB Carnival 2024:
A.Xodus has graciously accepted the great honor of working with GB carnival Director Frankly Sweeney in facilitating the Leading Jankonu cultural workshops, exploring music, and performance traditions across the African diaspora. A.Xodus Is has made Ka Boukie the musical director of the project. we will also be partnering with Clock your skills and Waltham forest and leyton adult learn service to bring Jankanu Mas to UK masses.
What is Jankanu?
Junkunoo is the celebration of the resistance to slavery and was often done by slaves as a means to show some resistance covertly to slavery while being enslaved. Starting in Jamaica the Junkunoo mas spread throughout the Caribbean and is now ingrained in Caribbean carnival culture. 2024 will be the first ever in the history of the Leyton carnival a section dedicated to the Junkanuu mas as a part of the Leyton mas carnival which will be organized and run by A.Xodus in partnership with GB carnival. GB Carnival produces carnival events and projects at all scales. GB Carnival spends a lot of time in planning and creative development, collaborating and co-creating within the communities where the work will come to life. A.Xodus will be taking the young people who come from referrals from our other partnership in this project the leyton youth service, the job center and through a joint outreach effort from A.Xodus and G.B. Carnival, and from local community churches across waltham forest newham to enable taking the youth through the workshops to lead them into leyton carnival, then to ramsgate carnival, margate carnival, then to nottinghill carnival (through joining GB carnival and Mass africa as a section in their carnival) and then end at our run at the Hackney carnival.
Watch 2nd Clock Your Skills, GB Carnival & A.Xodus - Junkanu Workshop feed back Vid Here
Watch 3rd Clock Your Skills, GB Carnival & A.Xodus feed back Video Here
A.xodus at the Waltham forest Windrush Festival 22nd June 2024:
A image of A.Xodus at the Windrush festival 2024
https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/events/waltham-forest-windrush-festival
We are pleased to announce that A.Xodus will be partnering with @lbwalthamforest at this years Windrush festival on the 22nd of June from 16:15-17:00
A.Xodus presents a special workshop to honor the legacy of the windrush generation Lead by Artist/musician @Kaboukie with special guest internationally acclaimed jazz Steel pianist and educator Marlon Hibbert @marlonthepannist where we look at the rhythms that have shaped generations of black music culture in the uk.
This workshop is for all members of the community regardless of neuro-diversity, or background because we’re stronger together.
“Windrush Festival returns to Fellowship Square at Waltham Forest Town Hall for its third year. The festival marks Windrush Day, an opportunity to celebrate and honour the Windrush generation, and all they have contributed to Waltham Forest and beyond.”
The A.Xodus Diversity and inclusion workshops:
2024
A.xodus will be partnering with worth unlimited in the priory court youth center wathamstow E17 every 2 weeks of every month for the Come Togther Workshop from July/August 2024.2023
Join us at the Priory Court Community Center in Walthamstow E17 as we partner with Worth Unlimited for Waltham Forest for our first run of our percussion workshops for 10-18 year olds delivered by Artist Ka Boukie. Workshops will start from 7pm on the 6th, 13th and 20th of March, and on the 3rd of April 2023 and more.
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11 Priory Ct, London E17 5NB
more workshops from 2023 - Priory court youth centre:
2023 - Priory court youth centre:
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More East London Percussion workshops and feed Back:
Outcomes :
Participants gain valuable mentoring and coaching through the workshop and gain percussion coaching, as well as an alternative approach to deal with stress and anxiety through the drums and group participation with basic meditation techniques to aid with performance anxiety. Participants gain confidence in themselves and their abilities. This teach’s them confidence whilst performing to an audience, and also help them to better home and understand their own skills, as well as how to deal with live performances/high stress situations in life. The workshops encourage group participation, mental wellness , inclusion and diversity regardless of any disabilities or neurodivergence challenges.
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We’ve also been working with the communities around East London in the A.Xodus Bare Essentials Program - Introduction to the workplace, Business management, Workers Rights , and workers creative industry rights workshop...
A.Xodus creative business workshops are delivered by senior financial consultant Don (KPMG , Ernest and Young)
Buisness workshop participant feedback:
This is Anna, she is one of the participants of the A.Xodus creative business workers rights workshops which is delivered by senior financial consultant Don (KPMG , Ernest and Young) and finacial anyalist and model
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This is Ed, he isone of the participants of the A.Xodus creative business workers rights workshops which is delivered by senior financial consultant Don (KPMG , Ernest and Young) and finacial anyalist and model
Brianna
Outcomes :
Young people and elders will receive valuable mentoring and coaching through our workshops and gain valuable essential workplace and business skills. Participants will gain wellbeing, and confidence in themselves and their abilities regardless of any disabilities or neurodivergence challenges. Participants will feel confident when entering into a new workplace, and have essential knowledge for their rights in the workplace.
A.Xodus is honoured to be supported by:
