African Dance + Drum - Sankofa, Griots, Lineage with Sumayya E. Diop
Channel: The Creative Advantage
Date: 17/08/2020

Teaching artist Sumayya E. Diop shares her passion for dance, drum and song through the traditional story griot (storyteller) of the sankofa bird that explores the idea of lineage and the African proverb "I am because We are".  Includes warm-up exercises for body and voice
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