Pearl Primus (also known as Omowale) was a pioneer of modern dance, dance as protest, and African dance in the United States. She was also cited as an inspiration by acclaimed artists such as Camille ...
A group of performers stepped and swayed in the sand at an open-air studio on the Senegalese coast as Germaine Acogny, known as the mother of contemporary African dance, called out to them. "Walk!
University of Kwa-Zulu Natal provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. This is a hymn to an African woman who has inspired not only African dancers but a global community of artists to ...
“Try to understand what it is,” states the gloriously statuesque Gnapa Béatrice Kombé, describing her modern dance troupe TchéTché from the Ivory Coast. “Don’t say, ‘Ah, this is African dance.’ No, it ...
On Nov. 16, Brown’s modern African dance group, OJA!, placed second at the Battle of African Student Organizations at Northeastern University. Co-captain Wura Adetola ’26 emphasized the group’s growth ...
MARRAKECH – It wasn’t that long ago that filmmakers Maba Ba and Mamadou Dia were touring Senegal with an inflatable screen so that locals could see Dia’s award-winning feature debut, “Nafi’s Father.” ...
For one night only, a show at Cincinnati’s Aronoff Center will mix traditional African dance styles and rhythm with contemporary art forms.Step Afrika takes the state at the Aronoff Center on Tuesday, ...
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Noyam African Dance Institute Honoured

Some members of the group in a pose after receiving the award Noyam African Dance Institute has been awarded at the just-ended Ghana Dance Industry (GHADI) Awards for its exceptional works and ...
Stafford Berry Jr., director of Indiana University's African American Dance Company, was recently honored in the first group of artisans and folk-artisans given the Midwest Culture Bearers Award. We ...