OBAALE DANCE THEATRE , MARK LOMOTEY , VICTOR MANIESON , ANATOMY OF DONDOLOGY , MARK NII LOMO LOMOTEY – Video




OBAALE DANCE THEATRE , MARK LOMOTEY , VICTOR MANIESON , ANATOMY OF DONDOLOGY , MARK NII LOMO LOMOTEY
ANOTOMY OF DONDOLOGY-By Victor NII Sowa Manieson.This piece attempts to recollect the emergence and re-introduction of African thought Concepts as exemplified through music the performance arts on our institutes of higher learning and the resistance it received.It is hoped that when enacted as a choreographed piece with the "poetry" in background and interfaced with music,our conscience will confront us and demand of us why we still refuse to accept the tools that help us define ourselves constructively. (Music Composed Easter 1988 and poem written 21st January 2012) POEM - ( 1 ) WE FIND OURSELVES PLACED HERE A PLACE #39;THEY #39; CALL AFRICA AND WONDER - WHY HERE BESTOWED UNTO US IN THIS AFRICA ARE TALENTS,SKILLS AND ABILITIES THAT WE OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED. ENDOWED IN THIS AFRICA-WE FIND GHANA, A PLACE SIMILAR TO OTHER PLACES IN AFRICA WHERE TALENTS AND GIFTS ARE OFTEN TAKEN FOR GRATED. YET WE ASK AND WONDER-AND WE SEARCH,AND PONDER IS AFRICA PART OF GOD #39;S PLAN OF SALVATION? IF GOD IS GOD WILL HE PLAN TO DEFEAT HIMSELF? ( 2 ) HERE THEN IS AN UNBALANCED SCALE OF WE HAVE COME TO BELIEVE WE HAVE TOLD OURSELVES #39;NOT ALL GIFTS FROM GOD MADE ARE GOOD #39; AND IN THE SAME BREATH,ACT AS CHAMELEONS. WE PONTIFICATE RELIGIOUSLY AND #39;ALL GOD DID WAS GOOD #39; YET LACK THE COURAGE TO EMBRACE THE EXPRESSIONS THAT HAVE SO RICHLY CAPSULIZED OUR CULTURE. IF GOD IS GOD WILL HE PLAN TO DEFEAT HIMSELF? ( 3 ) CAPSULIZED IN THIS GHANA IS WHAT WE MAY CALL: MULTI ETHNIC,INTRICATE RHYTHMIC PATTERNS, TONAL ...

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