Beyond The Steps is build a cultural archive to support dance enthusiasts, dancers and those simply interested in cultural history to learn more about the people and cultures that underpin African and Afro-Diaspora movements.
The focus is building a movement map of women’s performance and waist movements. Chronic stress and Depression is a disabling mental health condition that disproportionately affects women, girls, Internally Displaced Persons and the LGBTQ+ community. African dance integrates healing in social, physical and mental livelihoods. There is a growing evidence that African dance reduces depression, and stress.
Beyond the Steps is to promote the message cultural history is an essential foundation for engagement in African and Afro-diasporic dance community.
We want to support dancers to develop a harmonious passion for dance through an emphasis on cultural learning and building an understanding of the traditional history of African women’s performance
African and Afro-Diasporic Women’s Performance
African musicology and music mixes
Enjoy creative content that blends climate education with creative works.
By Enna Uwaifo
Party Politics of Kwaito “In his book Kwaito’s Promise, Gavin Steingo details the origins of kwaito in apartheid South Africa. In an effort to convince the world and itself that Black South Africans were “simple, rural, tribal people,” the government tried to stop Black South Africans from hearing music from overseas. While the government blocked international radio frequencies, the South African Broadcasting Company (SABC), would only play music that fit its definitions of “tribal” styles related to regional ethnic groups.
By Enna Uwaifo
Climate Vulnerability of Drill – “What research has shown is that policing music and musicians often criminalises or marginalises young people, particularly young people of colour.”
By Enna Uwaifo
Understanding Urban Heat Island effect though 2015-2020 music mix of Afroswing and UK Drill Music.
