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In pursuit of an African traditional dance : an afrocentric historical study of Buum Oku Dance Yaounde /
"Africa is rich in (neo) traditional dances; yet, not much exists in the form of written literature on the subject. Even worse, existing documents date back to the colonial period and are often disparaging. Dance to Africans is what martial arts are to Asians. Embedded in them are some of the s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Mankon, Bamenda, North West Region, Cameroon :
Langaa RPCIG,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword. The Buum Oku Dance Yaounde: Dancing Afrocentricity and Afrocentricizing Dancing
- Overview and Introduction
- African traditional dance as part of my travelling cultural portfolio
- An In-depth Appreciation of the Most Significant Problems
- African Traditional Dance and Black Emancipation
- Outline of the Book
- Chapter 1
- Afrocentricity/Afrocentric Theory
- Definitions and perspectives
- Afrocentricity: origin and intellectual contributions to the theory
- Chapter 2
- Data Collection and Methods
- Interviews
- Chapter 3
- Theoretical Conceptualization and Methodologies of Study
- Analytical dimensions of an Afrocentric historical production of Buum Oku Dance
- Ethical considerations
- Chapter 4
- Background to Historical Production of the Dance
- Components of the Buum Oku Dance Yaounde
- Oku conception of dance
- Music and outfit accessories of the Buum Oku Dance Yaounde
- Chapter 5
- Historical Production of Buum Oku Dance
- The Early days of the Oku Subi Dance
- The Buum Oku Dance Yaounde
- Current trends in Buum Oku Dance and conclusion
- Bibliography
- Glossary of some important Eblam Ebkuo (Oku) terms
- Appendices.