The African Roots of Stepping

[saraphen]

by Dr. Hayward Farrar, History Dept, Virginia Tech

Like African American culture in general, stepping has its roots in African dance, music, and movement. Stepping's rhythmic, stylized, and syncopated movements are essentially African, and originate in West African dance ritual that were brought over to the New World by Africans caught by the Atlantic Slave Trade.

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[urfan2c]

Thank you Ms. Sara, I was beginning to think some of us had lost it.

[Baba Ahmed]

Yeah good info that needs circulation among our Greek Frats and sororities. Who might then rid themselves of all the feakiness that has been tacked onto an Afrikan tradition.

[sephari]

but we aren't africans...

[Baba Ahmed]

Originally Posted by sephari

but we aren't africans...

I appreciate open honesty and advise u to speak only for yourself! Or at least don't attempt to speak for me. I'm certain to want to be excluded from any "we" u express.

What does "rolleyes" spozed to mean?

U lost speechless?

[sephari]

Originally Posted by Baba Ahmed

I appreciate open honesty and advise u to speak only for yourself! Or at least don't attempt to speak for me. I'm certain to want to be excluded from any "we" u express.

What does "rolleyes" spozed to mean?

U lost speechless?

apparently you haven't read many of my posts...
i was being sarcastic, that's what rolleyes means.
too many of we african americans, and continentals claim that we are NOT africans. although i can tolerate (i hate that word) for reasons i'm not gonna go into right now, the americans saying that about themselves, i wouldn't accept that from anyone else, to put it politely.
i say this not out of some romantisized view/belief about africa but through my own research over the years. not to be long winded, but AA culture is too african influenced to deny that we are what we are (at least i am), AFRICANS.