Afrikinesis

<p>This book provides scholars and non-specialists alike with a roadmap for effectively conducting culturally aware historically relevant research on African dance and on any dance style that contains African elements.</p><p>This book explains why Western research paradigms are inadequate for research on Africana dance. It exposes the value of utilizing an appropriate research paradigm that offers researchers a broader perspective and a transparent unfettered process for analysis in under-researched topics such as African and African diaspora dance styles. Researchers are introduced to the African dance aesthetic characteristically African body movements definitions of steps understandings within African culture and a host of other jewels that facilitate a deeper grasp on the subject and refine the quality of the scholar’s research its findings and its proficiency.</p><p>This book will be of great interest to scholars of African dance studies.</p>