Tribute To The History of African Black Dance

SUN MOON CHILD

This is for all of my people that Love dance. 

African/black  people have a 

rich history and you will see that there is nothing new 

under the Sun. Just different yet similar variations of 

movement for what has already been instilled in us for 

centuries. Do Enjoy.

After more than three years and over a million hits, YouTube erased this video in early 2010 for violation of its terms of use/copyright infringement. Since it was made in cooperation with and full permission of the musician, we must conclude it was erased because of one of the bits of video content.

Ironically enough, the video was created to give tribute to and highlight connections between various forms of dance through history, with a focus on black american tradition and connections. Sampling, borrowing, reference and call&response in the creation of new art is a longstanding part of black american oral and musical tradition, with particular emphasis in the past thirty years with the global rise of hiphop music and culture.

Morehouse College professor David Wall Rice and Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal and have each used this piece in their coursework, to illustrate/discuss black american oral tradition, popular culture in the formation of identity, and legal issues surrounding sampling. For an example of this type of academic use, click here:http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2010/03/sampling-soul-mid-term-exam.html

Heavy legal and cultural implications aside, the video piece is intended above all to be a tribute and a celebration, a visual altar on which is laid generations of black dance tradition for our appreciation and joy.