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Health & Fitness |
African Dance
When I was a little girl, I remember escorting my mother to her age-grade dance group. We would watch as they danced with white handkerchiefs to the sounds of highlife and traditional Ibo songs. I remember watching her dance and sometimes my sister and I would copy her in the corner that we were commanded to stay in. She would get sweaty but would still look graceful.
Now that I am a woman myself and needing to get in shape, I can choose to face the gym where I huff and puff on the stair master, while my butt jiggles unattractively, or hold on for dear life on the treadmill or I can explore other options. African dance is becoming a popular choice of activity for Americans. For them it is exotic, but for us, it could be a way to recreate our cultures and keep physically fit at the same time. Also you can do it for your kids. Instead of enrolling them in ballet consider African dance. So they too can keep our culture alive.
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