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Studying West African Dance: At a Traditional Funeral in Ghana

by Jeremy Cohen | Aug 23, 2012 | Blog

The following guest post comes from Leah Moriarty, a dance artist and educator from New Haven, CT. She recently returned from the ThisWorldMusic/UMass summer study abroad in Ghana program. I have spent the last ten years attempting to wrap my head and body around West...

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