Join us as we interview Master Percussionist Mwata Nubian

Mwata Nubian has achieved national and international acclaim as Founder and Artistic Director of Nubian Messengers - Ancient Future Ensemble...Percussionist, Conjunto Nuevo Milenio: Panamanian folkloric ensemble...Dummer, Amirikanke Kultural Arts Company: West African and Diaspora drum and dance ensemble...Drummer, Harambee Dance Company: West African Dance and Drum Company, 199 to 2007...Drummer, Purelements: African-American Dance Company...Drummer, Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn: African-American Dance Theater...along with being a Kwanzaa presenter and practitioner, Member of the Schomburg Research Center, NYC...Member of Citywide Coalition of Behavioral Health for the Black Elderly...Member National Association of Black Social Workers..Member of AARP and a member of the Brooklyn based Park Slope Food Coop..

Mwata Nubian recieved a BA from SUNY at Stony Brook...a MSW from Hunter School of Social Work..is a former Adjunct Faculty - Hostra Community College and LaGuardia Community College...and Adjunct faculty advisor - Hunter School of Social Work: September 2006-2013...

Born in Colon, Panama, Mwata Nubian migrated to Brooklyn, NY in 1964...along with being a husband and father...He is currently the operations manager for Fort Green Council...which is the largest Black non-profit in NY State providing senior center services....His responsibilities include supervising and training managers, staff and volunteers of the agency..He has worked in the field of aging for over 37 years, In NYC government, non-profit and academic settings..he has also worked in the field of addiction services as an administrator/program, educational and vocational development...