African dance, an artistic, historical & philosophical inquiry.

Author: Asante, Kariamu Welsh (ed)

Published: 1996

A compilation of essays by distinguished writers, critics, and artists in the field of African dance. The areas covered... [full description]

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Baakisimba, gender in the music and dance of the Baganda people of Uganda.

Author: Nannyonga-Tamusuza, Sylvia A

Published: 2005

Originally a royal court dance, baakisimba asserted the authority of the king as the head of Baganda society. After the... [full description]

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Choreographies of African identities: negritude, dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal.

Author: Castaldi, Francesca

Published: 2006

Structured as a polyrhythmic ensemble, the narrative in Choreographies of African identities 'sounds' three... [full description]

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EmBODYing liberation, the black body in American dance.

Author: Fischer-Hornung, Dorothea

Published: 2001

A collection of essays considering the strategies used by individual artists to contest and liberate racialized... [full description]

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Yoruba dance.

Author: Ajayi, Omofolabo

Published: 1998

A study into the aesthetics, significance and production of meaning in Yoruba dance forms. Fully grounded in the... [full description]

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Zimbabwe dance.

Author: Asante, Kariamu Welsh (ed)

Published: 1997

Dr. Welsh Asante's interviews with the keepers of the Zimbabwe nation's oral history keepers yield a harvest of... [full description]

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