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@nzoCALIFA--Oakland, CA  "We need to come together to honor our Ancestors of this Community, it's been too long."   [an inspirational conversation  with Baba Tacuma King, Sept. 2017]      As Commune+Unity, it becomes imperative for us to engage and carry out Ancestral atonement rituals and rites that continue to prosper the Community. It was also the answer to usher relief within my own family as we are grieving the loss of our phenomenal Spiritual Matriarch, Educator and Healer My Auntie Selyah   aka "Bebe"   [turquoise]  and more  ,  as family members from Stockton to Berkeley and Oakland, came to represent our legacy best, and in the streets no less.  Oakland, CA: My Family showed up 16 deep for this day, representing 4 generations, Spiritual ties, and newly discovered DNA relations; Processions, parades, marching in the streets is our legacy hailing from African Ancestored rooted traditions.  Togethe...

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#danceyourdestiny: I share with my Students often, the mediumship of service through #Dance - I utilize my Dance like a  travel Visa often answering the call to inform agencies, communities and global audiences of the powerFULL transcendental effects of DANCE. Dance mediumships serve to advance Community Empowerment, promote Cultural legacy and uplift the personal development of fellow Artist agencies.       Brought to you from our archives and still living, listen in as SiriusXM Shade 45           " Sway in the Morning " broadcasts live in our home turf #Oakland, California as my kinship shares #Shine and his personal #Dance testimony; And together we're giving #Oakland LIFE through the DANCE! #RiteOn   ~R. Califa, Nzo Califa Dance Works         #stepUPyourservicetodance #danceyourdestiny *clip courtesy of @SwaysUniverse on youtube

R. Califa Diaspora Dance Specialist Alumnus of Fua Dia Congo/Diata Diata Met the inimitable "Congo Man" onstage at a Berkeley Highschool Performance in tribute to Ta Malonga back in 1982. On cue, he jumped in and challenged our "Bakongo" and as my Senior classmates quickly exited stage right, I was left to fend for my neophyte-self, an initiation so-to-speak. Post College, I immediately inducted myself into the membership of this iconic Cultural force and not only gained an immeasurable training and educational experience of  Dance, Drum and Culture, also learning these important keys as an Artist: "Arts excellence and Business administration" Malonga's torch of indomitable Spirit continues to blaze cultural pathways that'd create Nzo Califa Dance Works and elevate "My Kongo". ~ @nzoCALIFA FUA DIA CONGO  [FUA] was founded by World-renown Master Artist and Cultural Ambassador Ta Malonga Casquelourd of Brazzaville, Republic of...

Mardi Gras time -- Delivering more than just sanitation service to New Orleans neighborhoods, these Brothers bringing sweet #Footwork, Dance servic  up Bourbon street in the historic French Quarter. #Dance where everyday life is EVERY day life in New Orleans - ya' heard?! It's what we LOVE about our kinship New Orleans behbe. This clip caught by pedicab driver Paul McCaige, reported by Chelsea Brasted for NOLA.com.   Now tell us, "How will YOU step Up your service to Dance?!

Make moves that invoke Ancestral praise, honor your Ancestors. ~nzoCALIFA www.workingmylines.com

Why WE Dance, How WE Dance and When? Stay tuned, plug-in and keep an open ear to Ancestral teachings channeled through our kinship platforms throughout the month of February, invoking your next steps towards amplifying your story. Next level your service to the #Dance. #RiteOn ~ @nzoCALIFA 

@nzoCALIFA:   Trust every #Dance step you take; Be intentional with your movement;  Dare to choreograph your BEST life co-creating with the wisdom of the divine, giving service to your destiny.  Don't know where to start?!   Be inspired by the day I made it my mission to DANCE MY DESTINY creating a next level initiative to honor my Ancestors and to invoke Ancestral healing; this was the impetus of @nzoCALIFA #Dancestory, in the field, libraries, studios, homes and still in motion... *apsire higher* AND TAKING NAMES TO AMPLIFY yOUR STORY. See how far I've come and where I'm going and you can too -    #nzoCALIFAncestry