Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy
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Staff

Faculty & Staff Program Contact
NOTE: If you would like to reach a teacher, please contact the program contact listed below.
Arts in Education (AIE)
Faybiene Miranda
Fanzy Monguehy
Bassanio Clark
Dellwyn Gilkes (Accompanist)
Mamadou Guisse (Accompanist)
Rajonna Lewis
Makeda Abraham		 Contact: Faybiene Miranda
Arts and Cultural Education Director
Phone: 718-856-1123 ext. 15
arts@ifetayo.org
Cultural Arts Program (CAP)
Music Department
Contemporary Music
Beatrice Anderson
William McClellan, Jr.
Nedelka Prescod
Clifford "Moonie" Pusey
Karl Wright

Traditional Music
Bassanio Clark
Dellwyn Gilkes
Mamadou Guisse
Cheikh Gueye (Accompanist & Assistant Teacher)
Konate Primus (Accompanist)
Raymond Rahman (Accompanist)
Obara Wali Rahman-Ndiaye

Dance Department
Makeda Abraham
Mamedjarra Diop
Dominique Danvers
Tracey Johnson (Accompanist)
Youthen Joseph
Rajonna Lewis
Fanzy Monguehy
Andara Rahman
Shola Roberts
Akinwale Robinson (Accompanist)
Leah Smiley-Tubbs
Olatunji Richardson ('06) (Accompanist)

Visual Arts Department
Tammy Mahone
Marieellen "Peachy" Gittens

Theater Department
Ryan Johnson
Clinton Lowe
Faybiene Miranda
Olatunji Richardson ('06) (Assistant)

Martial Arts Department
Brandon Johnson

Cultural History Department
Dexter Braithwaite (CH1)
Solwazi Olusola (CH2)

Saturday Arts and Culture Community Ambassadors
Khalidiah Asante
Maria Camara
Fatou Dieng
Cheikhmar Diop
Cheikh Gueye
Fatari Kefentse
Jabari Smith
Renee Smith-Operations Manager
Dominic Valdez 		Contact: Rajonna Lewis
Artistic Director for CAP
Phone: 718-856-1123 ext. 20
Email: arts@ifetayo.org
Rites of Passage
  • Sisters in Sisterhood (SIS) & I Am My Brother (IAMB)
  • Financial Education Institute (FEI) & Individual Development Account (IDA) Program
  • Rites of Passage at Brooklyn Academy for the Sciences and Environment HS (SIS & IAMB)

    • Sisters in Sisterhood – (SIS)
    Faybiene Miranda (Pre-SIS/SIS)
    Marilyn Worrell (SIS)
    Edo Young ('03) (SIS-Transition)

    I Am My Brother – (IAMB)
    Dexter Braithwaite(IAMB)
    Clifford M. Pusey (Pre-IAMB)
    Olatunji Richardson ('06) (IAMB/IAMB-Transition)

    Rites at Explore Charter School
    Faybiene Miranda (SIS)

    		Contact: Faybiene Miranda
    Arts and Cultural Education Director
    Phone: 718-856-1123 ext. 15
    Email: culture@ifetayo.org
    Ifetayo Youth Ensemble (IYE)
    Mamadou Guisse
    Ryan Johnson
    Konate Primus (Accompanist)
    Andara Rahman
    Raymond Rahman (Accompanist)
    Obara Wali Rahman-Ndiaye
    Tiffany Webb     		Contact: Makeda Abraham
    IYE Rehearsal Director
    Phone: 718-856-1123 ext. 17
    Email: arts@ifetayo.org