Nukporfe

Join the students of African Dance and African Music class for their performance on Wednesday, May 1st at 1:00pm at the Binghamton University Peace Quad. The event will feature renditions of dances from ethnic groups in West Africa and the Caribbean with drum accompaniment on period instruments. The Nukporfe dance-drumming ensemble is directed by James Burns and Elikem Nyamuame and is comprised of students taking courses in African dance, drumming, and choreography in the departments of Music, Theater, and Africana studies. We aim to represent authentic, living traditions from Africa and the Diaspora using relevant costumes, instruments, and languages.

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