Afrikinesis: A Paradigm for Research on African and African Diaspora Dance

ISBN-13: 9781032611952 / Twarda / 2023 / 88 str.

Ofosuwa Abiola

Opis

This volume provides scholars and non-specialists alike, with a roadmap for effectively conducting culturally aware, historically relevant research on African dance and on any dance style that contains African elements.

Spis treści

List of illustrations

Acknowledgments

Preface

1 Performative practices and documentation through an African lens: An introduction

2 Overview of African culture and its reflection on dance

3 Identifying African dance body movements

4 Application of the Afrikinesis paradigm

5 A synergistic union: Afrikinesis and African dance research

Appendix

Quick reference glossary

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Ofosuwa M. Abiola, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Africana Dance History and Associate Dean of Research and Creative Endeavors at Howard University.