Yahoo

The South African Roots of Tyla’s Viral TikTok Dance Challenge

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Comfortable with trending on TikTok, the South African songstress has also been the face of a few viral dances, prompting hundreds ...
Arizona State Press

AFSA teaches South African dance styles through Afro-Grooves series

This week the African Students Association at Arizona State University and the Phoenix Chapter of The Links, Incorporated collaborated to create the "Afro-Grooves: Dance Series," which aims to connect ...
The New York Times

Using Dance to Provoke, Delight and Tell South Africa’s Stories

Growing up in a Black township, Vusi Mdoyi found a sprinkle of joy under apartheid in a street-dancing style known as pantsula. As a choreographer, he has elevated it into high art, injected with ...
The Conversation

The Angolan dancers who helped South African anthem Jerusalema go global

Ananya Jahanara Kabir receives funding from the European Research Council, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and King's College London. In the age of coronavirus, the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge ...
Rolling Stone

Inside the Rise of Amapiano, the Genre That’s Taking Over South Africa and Coming to a Dance Floor Near You

This piece originally appeared as part of Rolling Stone’s annual Hot List, in the July-August issue of the magazine. At Afropunk’s 2019 New Year’s Eve festival in South Africa, DJ Moma was scheduled ...