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Fire Under My Feet seeks to expose the diverse, significant, and
often under-researched historical and developmental phenomena
revealed by studies in the dance systems of the African Diaspora.
In the book, written documentation and diverse methodologies are
buttressed by the experiences of those whose lives are built around
the practice of African diaspora dance. Replete with original
perspectives, this book makes a significant contribution to dance
and African diaspora scholarship simultaneously. Most important, it
highlights the work of researchers from Ecuador, India, Puerto
Rico, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and it exposes
under-researched and omitted voices of the African diaspora dance
world of the aforesaid locations and Puerto Rico, Columbia, and
Trinidad as well. This study showcases a blend of scholars, dance
practitioners, and interdisciplinarity, and engages the
relationship between African diaspora dance and the fields of
history, performance studies, critical race theory, religion,
identity, and black agency.
The field of history is founded on the interrogation of written
documents from the past. However, culture is the center of life in
Africa. As a result, in the past – and to a degree in the present
– the process for documenting events in Africa was not written,
it was performed. History Dances: Chronicling the History of
Traditional Mandinka Dance argues that a wealth of information is
housed within traditional Mandinka dance and, consequently, the
dances can be used as an African-derived primary source for writing
African history. Ofosuwa M. Abiola highlights the overall value of
studying Mandinka dance history specifically, and African dance
history generally, as well as addressing the issue of scarcity with
regard to primary sources for writing African history. History
Dances proves to be a vital read for both undergraduate students
and scholars in the fields of dance history, African history,
performance studies, and cultural anthropology.
The field of history is founded on the interrogation of written
documents from the past. However, culture is the center of life in
Africa. As a result, in the past - and to a degree in the present -
the process for documenting events in Africa was not written, it
was performed. History Dances: Chronicling the History of
Traditional Mandinka Dance argues that a wealth of information is
housed within traditional Mandinka dance and, consequently, the
dances can be used as an African-derived primary source for writing
African history. Ofosuwa M. Abiola highlights the overall value of
studying Mandinka dance history specifically, and African dance
history generally, as well as addressing the issue of scarcity with
regard to primary sources for writing African history. History
Dances proves to be a vital read for both undergraduate students
and scholars in the fields of dance history, African history,
performance studies, and cultural anthropology.
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