Page 64 - Msingi Afrika Magazine Issue 14
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Leadership
         Art & Culture




























































          African Dance: Culture,




          Identity and Pride.












               f one was to tell of the his-  queathed through dance. From keen   Dances are often handed down
               tory and growth of African    observation, these dances and songs   through the ages, and many African
               societies, their story would   were once tools of communication,   dances have been performed for
          Ibe incomplete without them        passing messages from one person   centuries without alteration depend-
          providing even a snippet of its out-  to another, one generation to anoth-  ing on their messages. Most African
          standing culture and traditions be-  er and the entire community at large.   dances are deeply saturated in ritual,



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