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nzoCALIFA - Kalunga Crossings: Mama Djaara - Dancestor

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"Water Runs Through It" conceived by New Orleans native,  Leslie Zakiya  Cornish   - whose Dance sojourn of African American identity steeped in the historical backdrop of the Black Civil Rights movement and African Liberation cultivated through International Ambassadorship by premiere African Ballet Companies of the times -- the catalyst in further establishing a long-time kinship exchange and presence of African Dance and Drum Communities in the United States. The real gift of this piece as part of her M.F.A. Thesis concert at Temple University, reveals a  Mother-daughter Ancestral cycle story influenced by "her intimate connection to the radical impact of Hurricane Katrina, and the invocation of two bodies of water inherently connected to her ancestral roots - the Mississippi River and the Atlantic Ocean."  The featured soloist in the center is Zakiya's Mother a celebrated Dance Elder and Medium - Mama Djaara. "Water Runs Through It: Rogation...

African Dance Showcase: "Knowledge Keepers"

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archives> 18th Annual Collage des Cultures Africaines   "Knowledge Keepers"  #COLLAGE2013 March 9, 2013  Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, Oakland, CA produced by Diamano Coura West African Dance Company COLLAGE 2013 "Knowledge Keepers" celebrates those teachers and cultural, honoring their works as cultural innovators recognized as International Ambassadors of the Arts! Collage 2013 showcases a stellar cast of cultural artists [in order of appearance of clip]  Diamano Coura West African Dance, Dimensions Dance Theater (40 years of Black Dance),  Julia Chigamba and Chinyakare (Zimbabwe),  Starchild Dannce (Lindy Hop, Hip Hop, Jazz),  Rara Tou Limen (Haitian) and  The African Music and Dance Ensemble (Ghana) not shown.  Finale by the show's Host Diamano Coura. [s ource: @Madioudiouf on YouTUBE]

Lift those who make you #Dance: Gran' Abdoulaye Diakite #Djembefola

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Gran' ABDOULAYE DIAKITE - Bamana of Tambacounda West African. 18 year Drum virtuoso with Ballet National du Senegal, Co Founder of Ceedo Senegalese Dance Co. Founder/ Creator of Tambacounda Productions. Wisdom keeper of Traditional Djembe & #JebeBARA philosophy   [click link in support] ~jerejuf