Greetings Halifu,

Dancing the Afrofuture Book Tour

February 8 - March 1, 2024

Stockton, CA

Feb. 8, 2:00-3:00PM - San Joaquin Delta College, in-person Building SCMA 272 and Livestreamed on Zoom

Durham, NC

Feb. 18, 10:30AM (Keynote Address) - Duke University – CADD Conference (Collegium on African Diaspora Dance) – for those conference attendees, Feb. 16-18. Register

Tampa, FL

Feb. 20, 6:00PM – Black English Books (in Association with University of Southern Florida Department of Theater & Dance & John Parks);

Brooklyn, NY

Feb. 22, 7:30PM – Greenlight Bookstore w/ choreographer Camille A Brown

New York City

Feb. 26 – 11:45-12:55 - Barnard College, Department of Dance Barnard Hall 305

Feb. 28, - 1-2:30PM – New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: “The Dance Historian is in: Performance as Research in the Afrofuture.” In person and online---Register

Washington D.C.

March 1, 6:00PM – Sankofa Video Books & Café (near Howard University). In person and livestreamed. Register /

Watch livestream

 Hope to see you in person or online for the

Dancing the Afrofuture Experience!!

Dancing in Blackness:

A professional female dancer’s personal journey over four decades, across three continents and 23 countries, and through defining moments in the story of black dance in America.

The Hiplife in Ghana: How one West African country has received hip-hop and turned it into a new genre by remixing it with their century-old pop music of highlife.

The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip Hop: Explores the two reasons for hip-hop’s globalization: 1) American dominant pop culture internationally, and 2) hip-hop’s beat and empowerment of youth.