Gift certificate for two West African Dance classes with Zak and Naomi Diouf of Diamano Coura West African Dance Company. Classes are held Saturdays at 2:30 at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, 1428 Alice Street, Oakland, CA, near the 12th St. Oakland BART station. All levels are welcome including beginners. Diamano Coura West African Dance Company is a nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to the preservation, education, and appreciation of traditional West African music, dance, theater, and culture. Since its inception in 1975, Diamano Coura, under Director Dr. Zak Diouf and Artistic Director Naomi Gedo Diouf, has implemented its mission through ongoing workshops, performances, youth programs, touring engagements, lecture demonstrations, community outreach, and creative partnership programs with renowned artists and performing companies. In addition, Diamano Coura strives to portray West African music and dance specifically as forms not simply for entertainment or exhibition, but rather, means by which communities educate, communicate, organize, and preserve their ancestral past. Diamano Coura, in the Senegalese Wolof language, means "those who bring the message." For more information go to www.diamanocoura.org