- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (52 min., 30 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
- 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (53 min.) : sd., col. ;
- Summary
- Excerpts of dances from thirteen West African countries, including many different ethnic groups. Types of dances include initiation, courting, marriage, fertility, and funeral dances; mask, acrobatic, stick, sword, and animal dances. The tape concludes with footage, filmed on location in Senegal, of the annual lion festival of the Wolof people.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Anthropological films and programs.
- Special event coverage and commentary.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Credits (note)
- Edited and narrated by Jerrold Rappaport.
- Event (note)
- Filmed in performance in Dakar, Senegal, in April 1966.
- Contents
- Countries represented, in order of appearance: Senegal (Casamance region) -- Gambia -- Sierra Leone (Mende and Sherbro people) -- Ivory Coast (Dan and Senufo people) -- Ghana (Ashanti) -- Togo (Kabre, Bassari, and Ewe [?]) -- Benin (Yoruba and others) -- Nigeria (Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa) -- Cameroon (Bamun and others) -- Gabon (Fang and others) -- Zambia -- Burundi (Watusi and others) -- Niger (Bororo and others).
- Lion festival of the Wolof people of Senegal, filmed on location.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 9117
- OCLC
- NYPY95-F646
- Title
Dance in Africa [videorecording] : the first World Festival of Negro Arts / produced by Gallery Amrad ; filmed by Esther A. Dagan.
- Imprint
Montreal, Québec, Canada: Galerie Amrad African Art Publications, c1987.
- Country of Producing Entity
Canada.
- Credits
Edited and narrated by Jerrold Rappaport.
- Event
Filmed in performance in Dakar, Senegal, in April 1966.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4395.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Dance -- Africa -- Wolof.
Mask dances.
Acrobatic dancing.
Stick dances.
Initiation dances.
Courting dances.
Fertility dances.
Funeral dances.
Animal dances.
- Added Author
Dagan, Esther A., 1931- Cinematographer
Rappaport, Jerrold. Editor. Narrator
Galerie Amrad art africain.
World Festival of Negro Arts. (Dakar, Senegal)
DHCA.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 9117