The University of Chicago Chronicle

‘We’re not in it alone’: Building community for Black dance

Ayodele is a Yoruba word meaning “joy in the home,” and the Chicago-based Ayodele Drum & Dance imparts the joy of these African arts through adult and youth classes, workshops and performances—all ...
WRIC

‘You can feel the ancestors’: Ezibu Muntu uses ‘pride, strength and love’ to share West African culture

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — 8News is honoring Black History Month this February and reporter Sierra Krug took us center stage to meet the dancers with Virginia’s premiere West African dance group — Ezibu ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Ayodele Drum and Dance puts fresh steps into traditional footprints

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insider.si.edu

Dance as ritual drama and entertainment in the Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ of the Kétu-Yorùbá subgroup in West Africa / by Benedict M. Ìbítókun

"A study in traditional African feminism." DANCE AS RITUAL DRAMA AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE GẸ̀LẸ̀DẸ́ OF THE KÉTUYORÙBÁ SUBGROUP IN WEST AFRICA BY BENEDICT M ÌBÍTÓKUN ...
The Conversation

A long view sheds fresh light on the history of the Yoruba people in West Africa

The Yoruba are among the most storied groups in Africa. Their ancestral homeland cuts across present-day southwest Nigeria, Benin Republic and Togo in West Africa. They number between 35 and 40 ...