Reviewed by Kris L. Hardin in African studies review (Atlanta, GA) 34 (1) April 1991, pages 137-138. Contents I. Masking in Nigeria: Igala masks / R.A. Sargent -- The Gelede masked dance and Ketu ...

MACON, Ga. — Sounds like there's a lot going on at the Hayiya Dance Theatre. This dance studio and cultural arts center dances to the beat of its own drum, but to founder Pilar Lowden– this is what ...

Nyoka Wotorson has been dancing as far back as she can remember. But it wasn't until she got accepted into The Juilliard School's small but mighty Dance Division, and training in its revamped program, ...

In a joyful expression of West African culture through dance, music and storytelling, the youth and professional dance companies from Thiossane West African Dance Institute will showcase the ...

Aden, J. A. (2003) ‘Anvils of blood, oaths of iron: a history of power and association in the Komo complex of the western Sudan (West Africa) from the late nineteenth century to the present’. PhD ...

It's your chance to experience traditional West African rhythm, dance and song. Sebé Kan Youth African Dance Company choreographer Derrell Sekou Soumah Walker and performer Karida Griffith Walker ...

Walker joins us, along with his wife Karida Walker, who is a dancer in the troupe; and high school senior Nylah Jae Holt, who has been dancing with Sebé Kan since she was 8 years old. Note: The ...

Baule mask Ivory Coast wood height: 43 in. (109 cm.) base by wood artist Kichizô Inagaki (1876–1951) (image courtesy Christie’s) Popularly known as the “Krugier-Picasso mask,” a 19th century West ...

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 ...

This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education. Students form a circle in the middle of the room, as loud, pounding music plays ...