African Dance An Artistic, Historical and Philosophical Inquiry Asante, Welsh Kariamu

Africa World Press
Year of publishing: 1996
Place of publishing: Trenton NJ
ISBN: 0865431973
Language: English
Series: first

African Dance is a compilation of essays by distinguished writers, critics, and artists in the field of Dance and African American Studies who address several areas and disciplines of African dance both on the continent and in the diaspora. Sir Rex Nettleford, the distinguished Jamaican choreographer, professor and writer, stresses in the foreword that the continuity between all dances that derive from Africa and the significance of this book. Nettleford argues that African dance is a dominant, pervasive and empowering force in African communities. The four areas covered in African Dance are tradition, tradition and continuity, tradition transformed, and tradition contextualized. African, Brazilian, Caribbean, and African American scholars each focus on some aspect of African dance which provide the patterns that connect. African Dance is text and, as such, it is a document that can be used for historical, philosophical and aesthetic information. African Dance is an impressive contribution to an heretofore neglected aspect of African studies.

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