Harrison Owen wrote:
No good dancer ever followed the Rule Book. They may “know” it (rules) – but then they do their dance. I am reminded of a Kpelle Chief (West Africa) who, towards the end of a major celebration where I was the “court photographer” told me it was time to “Do my Dance.” I knew better than to ask him what that dance might be. I simply went into the circle (whole village – 500 people) and listened to the drums. I knew they would tell me. And they did. Turned out to be a Charleston – which also turned out to be the dance of an “Old, old Kpelle chief.” I have no further evidence, but I am certain that the Chief was slaved, went to Charleston, (now South Carolina) – and did his dance. The rest is history. And that is the story. A true one, so far as I am concerned.
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