CURRENT ISSUE

 

Volume 10 • Number 4 • June 2017

 

On the cover: Charles "Chuck" Davis (1937-2017), founding artistic director of DanceAfrica, he was one of the foremost teachers and choreographers of traditional African dance in America and traveled extensively throughout Africa to study with leading artists. Davis founded the Chuck Davis Dance Company in New York in 1968 and the African American Dance Ensemble in Durham, North Carolina, in 1983. In 1998 he received an honorary doctorate from Medgar Evers College of The City University of New York in Brooklyn, New York, and honorary doctorates from several other universities.

 

● The Mighty Oak Has Fallen
by Doris Green
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● Dr. Selina Akua Ahoklui: A Remarkable Woman
by Doris Green
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● In Memoriam: Professor F. Nii Yartey, 1946-2015
by Reginald Yates
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●In Memorium: Vivianne Gauthier
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● The Cornerstone of African Music and Dance
by Doris Green
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● Benign Neglect: African Dance and Music Placement in Academia
by Marcia Ethel Heard
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● Why There Should Be a School Dedicated to the Teaching of African Music and Dance
by Matesu Dube
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● Understanding African Dance in Context: Perspectives from Ghana
by Sylvanus Kwashie Kuwor
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● Carnivalesque Therapeutic Arts and Self-Inquiry: African Holistic Dance and Music as Catalysts for Critical Thinking in Education and Personal Development
by Terrence Wendell Brathwaite
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● DanceAfrica Festival 2017
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