Except for having to shed leotards for knickerbockers, plaid shirts and newspaper caps in order to look like little boys from the mid-1900s, the girls performing in "A Christmas Carol in Harlem" are ...

Fela Barclift founded Little Sun People, an Afrocentric school in Brooklyn, nearly four decades ago out of frustration with mainstream public school curriculums. (Credit: Larisa Karr) Thirty-nine ...

Kariamu Growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn in the 1950s, Kariamu Welsh was enchanted by the older girls and their double Dutch jump rope moves. When she was old enough to join in ...

A new Afrocentric learning program is in the works at St. Paul Public Schools, and its seeds are on display at LEAP High School on the city’s East Side. There, the district is hosting Freedom School, ...

Black History Month activities at Diggs-Latham Elementary School culminated on Tuesday with a Black History Celebration Assembly filled with song, dance, music and spoken word. Many of the school’s ...

Fourth- and fifth-graders at Evanston’s Dewey Elementary School are battling on the dance floor with the new Sankofa Performing Arts Project. Sankofa is an after-school program for students that ...

For the first time since it burst onto the scene 16 years ago, there will be no DanceAfrica Chicago this fall. Columbia College, which has produced the festival since the beginning, is looking to ...

A quick glance at the schedule for this year’s Dance on Camera Festival confirms that dance is a global art. The festival, an annual event since 1971, brings international artists to our doorstep so ...

Image caption, A free event at the Phoenix Leisure Centre will offer women Zumba and Afrocentric dance sessions and access to wellness resources A south London leisure centre is inviting women from ...

Join us for a variety of Afrocentric Dance Workshops, led by incredible Black Women in Dance. YENSA Festival’s Winter/Spring Africa Vibes Workshops is a dynamic series fostering community, cultural ...

Inspired by double Dutch jump rope moves she saw growing up in Brooklyn, she developed an influential dance technique based on archetypes found in African art. By Penelope Green Growing up in the ...