{"id":783,"date":"2018-11-05T14:27:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T22:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.pathwaystopeace.org\/?page_id=783"},"modified":"2018-11-05T14:30:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T22:30:52","slug":"masankho-kamsisi-banda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pathwaystopeace.org\/team\/masankho-kamsisi-banda\/","title":{"rendered":"Masankho Kamsisi Banda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Masankho Kamsisi Banda, M.A<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-787\" src=\"http:\/\/pathwaystopeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Masankho-Kamsisi-Banda-Director.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pathwaystopeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Masankho-Kamsisi-Banda-Director.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pathwaystopeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Masankho-Kamsisi-Banda-Director-40x50.jpg 40w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>African Dancer &amp; Storyteller \u2014 Educator\u2014Healer&#8211;Interplay Leader &amp; PeaceBuilder Using InterPlay, Dance, Music, Drumming, and Storytelling to motivate and inspire diverse people of all ages to work together to bring about Peace, Social Justice and Cultural\/Spiritual Healing &amp; Understanding. Brief Bio: Masankho is a multi-disciplinary Performing Artist, Educator, Spiritual Healer and PeaceBuilder. He brings many unique perspectives to his work around the world. He learned the fine arts of storytelling and dance from his Malawian culture spending many long days and nights listening to stories and dancing to music that captivated his mind, shaped his being, nourished his soul and strengthened his spirit. Using performing arts, Masankho motivates and inspires people of all ages to work together to bring about peace, social justice and cultural understanding. In 1997, he started Ucandanc African Healing Arts to bring his passion for dance and storytelling to communities around the world. In 2001, Masankho was awarded the Unsung Hero of Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masankho Kamsisi Banda, M.A African Dancer &amp; Storyteller \u2014 Educator\u2014Healer&#8211;Interplay Leader &amp; PeaceBuilder Using InterPlay, Dance, Music, Drumming, and Storytelling to motivate and inspire diverse people of all ages to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pathwaystopeace.org\/team\/masankho-kamsisi-banda\/\" class=\"more-link style2-button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":40,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-783","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Masankho Kamsisi Banda - Pathways To Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pathwaystopeace.org\/team\/masankho-kamsisi-banda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Masankho Kamsisi Banda - 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