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The South African Roots of Tyla’s Viral TikTok Dance Challenge

Overnight, Tyla became the world’s most beloved pop star. With her Grammy award-winning breakout single “Water” being the first song by a South African soloist to enter the US Billboard Hot 100 in 55 ...
The Conversation

The mother of African dance at 80. Why Senegal’s Germaine Acogny is so influential

University of Kwa-Zulu Natal provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. This is a hymn to an African woman who has inspired not only African dancers but a global community of artists to ...
The New York Times

From Mozambique: Masks, Jump Rope and Risqué Moves

Performances in N.Y.C. This year’s DanceAfrica festival at BAM features Song & Dance Company of Mozambique, which a member likened to a mirror for the nation. Georgina Lourenço, center, and other ...
New York Post

The Beat Goes On: Tradition and change at St. Ann’s popular African dance program

This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education. Students form a circle in the middle of the room, as loud, pounding music plays ...