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The mysterious Zangbeto dance of Africa, which drives away evil spirits! Learn about its 4 types and the surprising truth!

Zangbeto: In African Voodoo culture, the Zangbeto dance is dedicated to the night watchmen, in which a tent-like structure is activated after special chanting, and it dances continuously. Zangbeto ...
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Get your groove on: KanKouran's African Dance and Music Conference hits town

Washington, D.C. (7News) — On Wednesday, West Africa came to the studio to showcase culture through dance. Eileen and Kidd spoke to the co-founder and assistant director of the KanKouran 41st Annual ...
WFAE 90.7

Dance performance in Charlotte celebrates the African diaspora

Children from refugee and immigrant families took center stage at the Mint Museum in Charlotte on Wednesday night, performing ...
WRIC

‘You can feel the ancestors’: Ezibu Muntu uses ‘pride, strength and love’ to share West African culture

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — 8News is honoring Black History Month this February and reporter Sierra Krug took us center stage to meet the dancers with Virginia’s premiere West African dance group — Ezibu ...
NPR

West African dance and hip-hop play a key role in a revamped Juilliard track

Nyoka Wotorson has been dancing as far back as she can remember. But it wasn't until she got accepted into The Juilliard School's small but mighty Dance Division, and training in its revamped program, ...
Arizona State Press

AFSA teaches South African dance styles through Afro-Grooves series

This week the African Students Association at Arizona State University and the Phoenix Chapter of The Links, Incorporated collaborated to create the "Afro-Grooves: Dance Series," which aims to connect ...
The New York Times

In Senegal, a Dance School Where ‘Everything Is Alive’

Performances in N.Y.C. The École des Sables has established itself as Africa’s premier dance-training hub. Yet money concerns, and a new port nearby, make its future precarious. Credit...Imane Djamil ...