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Dancing in BlacknessHalifu Osumare

Dancing in Blackness

2018378 pages
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This book explores a black female dancer's personal journey over four decades across three continents and numerous countries, including different parts of the U.S. It is personal musings about the place of dance and race in Halifu Osumare's life across time and space that defined her life choices and career path. "Dancing in Blackness is a professional dancer's personal journey over four decades, across three continents and twenty-three countries, and through defining moments in the story of black dance in America. In this memoir, Halifu Osumare reflects on what blackness and dance have meant…

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Editions

3 editions
  • Other · English · 2019
    University Press of Florida · 400 pages · 9780813064321
  • Other · English · 2018
    378 pages · 9780813056616
  • Other · English · 2018
    University Press of Florida · 352 pages · 9780813052380
DanceAfrican American danceAfrican American women dancersBiographyHistoryAfrican americans, biographyDancers