Osumare, Halifu

Halifu Osumare has been involved with dance and African American cultural studies internationally for over thirty years as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, administrator and scholar. She grew up in San Francisco, California and did much of her initial artistic and academic work in Oakland. She holds a M.A. in Dance Ethnology and a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is currently Assistant Professor of African American and African Studies at University of California, Davis. She has also had academic appointments at Green State University in Ohio (2000-2005) an...