Kibibi Ajanku

Kibibi Ajanku makes and presents ethnically charged art. It is her joy to celebrate creativity in all forms. Her passion embodies the thrust of the movement of the African Diaspora. Ajanku’s projects include, but are not limited to, contemporary art and artifacts, performance art and visual art, and is most often infused with music, movement, and folkways. Her work embodies research, identity, and the gathering of elements of African retention, in hopes of evoking intuitive memories that reach back into ancestral histories and stories that impact the here and the now. 

This is the overarching vision of her work; however, she is known most broadly for her connection to Sankofa Dance Theater, a Baltimore-based performance company noted for their work as a dance and drum troupe that features work drenched in the traditions of the historical Mali Dynasty, bringing New World choreography and texture to the Old World traditions of Africa.