African Dance Performance: Kaki Lambe

Tulane University Fall 2008 final performance. Can you spot me?

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[Rachael0313]

Maybe I am biased because I have been fortunate enough to learn from Ausettua and the drummers from her community, but I just fail to see how an attempt to understand and share another culture is “mockery.” (3/3)

[DeniseBrown1000]

goin rock this for black history pogram at grantosa host ms. sakford

[MillicentDionne]

We rocked this for our Black History Program last Friday and the students and staff loved it. I looked at several African dances and this by far was the best.

[MillicentDionne]

@Rachael0313 Thanks for answering all of my questions. I wanted the details about the dance because we're going to perform it for our Black History Program this month. Thanks again!

[Rachael0313]

@MillicentDionne I'm not sure if the class is offered over the summer, but my guess is probably not. Ausettua owns a dance company, and I think they are pretty active over the summer. She is actually a New Orleans native, but I believe her family is from Egypt originally. The drum beat is Kuku and the dance is Kaki Lambe, both of which are a West African tradition. I'm not positive, but I believe this particular combination of beats is pulled from Guinea.

[JKKD33]

Go black people!!!! Black power!!!!

[MillicentDionne]

@Rachael0313 One more question Rachael, the dance instructor, Ausettua is from which African country? I want to know because I'm thinking about performing this for our Black History Program and I want to acknowledge the specific country it's from. Thanks for all of your help.

[MillicentDionne]

@Rachael0313 Thanks for the info. I live out of state, so can you tell me if it's offered in the summer? I have summers off because I'm a teacher so hopefully I could take a class sooner rather than later.

[Rachael0313]

@MillicentDionne One section of the class is offered every semester under the title "Hip-Hop" (due to some weird department politics no one really understands) and the professor's name is Ausettua Amor-Amenkum. In the past, the registrar had her last name as Jackson, but they may have fixed it by now.  There are other hip hop classes that are correctly named, but the registrar or the dance department could tell you which is the correct class. What else would you like to know?

[MillicentDionne]

@Rachael0313 Can you tell me more about this class at Tulane? When is it offered?

[alantauber]

@bluscorpion I wish you would be able to really hear the music and look beyond what the old traditional steps that made it to the US and other countries outside Guinea. Koukou is definitely going on here. Maybe you feel like you are trying to right a wrong but there is nothing wrong here. Good job to everyone on this one!

[kishu655]

AWESOME!