South Africa, Kenya,
Ethiopia, Ghana
Ethiopia, Ghana
What was the system of laws for racial segregation in South Africa established in 1948 by the Dutch, whose political group was known as the Afrikaner National Party.
Apartheid
What is the Yoruba word that refers to the collective spirit of all deceased loved ones and is also the name for the festival and dance of the deceased ancestors.
What is the Acholi traditional royal dance that is performed in a series of circles.
Bwola
What is the name of the spirits and ancestors in Vodou, the Haitian religion rooted in African religions.
Loa
What is an early U.S. prayer meeting dance performed in a circle with percussive vocalizations and hand clapping that was performed by enslaved Africans
Ring Shout
What dance was created by oppressed gold miners in South Africa in the early 1900s to communicate through stomps, slaps, and whistles?
Gumboots
What is the name of the chants and songs of praise that the Yoruba people believe allows them to communicate with the gods and ancestors.
Oriki
What is the Mende secret society that instructs young girls/women in societal and behavioral etiquette.
Sande
What Loa is possessing the dancer in a Vodou ritual, when a devotee drops to the ground and slithers like a snake and the other participants shake a sheet over the possessed.
Damballa
Who was the most famous Juba dancer that merged African American vernacular dance with Irish jigs to create a precursor to tap, and was one of the first African American dancers that performed with white minstrel players.
Wiliam Henry Lane (Master Juba)
What is the military march dance created by the Mau Mau people of Kenya to protest English colonization; became a dance of unity in the fight against racism at street demonstrations.
Toyi Toyi
What are the deities/spirits in the traditional religion of the Yoruba people called that can represent forces of nature, or powerful people who have died?
Orishas
What is the Ugandan ceremonial courtship dance danced by male and female identifying people?
Larakaraka
In a Vodou ritual, when the possessed dancer exhibits outrageous behavior displaying obscene hip grinding movements and speaks in a nasally voice, what Loa is possessing the dancer?
Baron Samedi
What is the vaudeville comedic dance that used awkward and acrobatic movements and was sometimes performed with plated shoes.
Eccentric Dance
What is the highly technical Ethiopian dance that involves vigorous bouncing/rolling of the shoulders, rhythmic thrusting of the chest and head/neck while the rest of the body stays relatively still and is based on the movements of a snake.
Eskista
What is the Yoruba name for the goddess of the river, beauty, and who is the protector of children; the dance for this goddess is gentle and flowing.
Osun
What is the Acholi dance that is performed by young girls to attract mates; imitates movement of the birds
Dingi Dingi
What is the women’s tribal dance from Ghana that is performed in colorful long dresses and with two white handkerchiefs?
Borborbor
What is the individualized dance that is characterized by its use of speed, agility and a sense of weight dropped to floor, shuffling/stepping with the arms stretched sideways and flapped; one precursor to tap.
Buck and Wing Dance
What is the dance and culture that originated in South Africa’s townships during apartheid as a means of protest during a time when many forms of expression were restricted.
Pantsula
Who is the god of thunder is honored by a Yoruba bata dance where the body contorts, whirls, shakes and kicks.
Sango
What are the dance and dance-musicking practices of communal knowledge in Uganda?
Who is the the American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist that studied in Haiti and merged African-based dance and ballet and formed a new dance technique?
Katherine Dunham
What is the satirical dance performed in formal attire by enslaved Africans on plantations to make fun of and mimic the white European court dances and their oppressors?
Cakewalk