Elimu, Swahili for ‘Education’, was a ‘Communiversity’ in 1977, then in 2017 registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) to develop, promote and educate on the arts of Carnival Elimu’s Academy comprises of a performance unit (Elimu Mas Band) and a learning hub (Carnival Arts for Excellence: CAFÉ) with subsidiaries, Carnival Cultural & Educational Partnership, Mas Making Volunteers, Carnival Hall of Honour, a Carnival Artists Network. The Mas Band has participated in Carnivals, nationally and globally, since 1979. 2025 will be the Mas Band’s final participation in Notting Hill Carnival.