IWA is a cultural structure fond of music and dance from oral tradition. Precisely, it promotes african and afrodescendant arts, especially those from West Africa and Latin America. 

The team is composed by five administrative employees and about fifteen artists. The association has almost three hundred members and two hundred volunteers. IWA works one four poles : education, socio-cultural action, events and production. 

IWA was created 31 years ago by passionate people who wanted to dynamize the practice of african percussions in Brest and its region. After years, and various encounters, the association grows to gradually become a significant structure for the transmission of african and afrodescendant cultures in Britanny.