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History Dances: Chronicling the History of Traditional Mandinka Dance

History Dances: Chronicling the History of Traditional Mandinka Dance

Abiola, Ofosuwa M.

Paperback

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

African HistoryDance

ISBN10: 0367664550
ISBN13: 9780367664558
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 30 2020
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The field of history is founded on the interrogation of written documents from the past. However, culture is the center of life in Africa. As a result, in the past - and to a degree in the present - the process for documenting events in Africa was not written, it was performed. History Dances: Chronicling the History of Traditional Mandinka Dance argues that a wealth of information is housed within traditional Mandinka dance and, consequently, the dances can be used as an African-derived primary source for writing African history. Ofosuwa M. Abiola highlights the overall value of studying Mandinka dance history specifically, and African dance history generally, as well as addressing the issue of scarcity with regard to primary sources for writing African history.

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