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Moving Grounds, a journal of African dance
An independent journal and archive documenting dance histories and contemporary practices in Nigeria and across Africa.
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- Readers and researchers of African dance
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- Its themes include field notes, dance criticism, diaspora and migration, and the relationship between dance, society, and politics.
Field notes
The homepage lays out a search-and-browse structure: readers can follow themes or search essays, research papers, and field notes by topic, hashtag, or writer. Its theme descriptions connect dance to training and improvisation, inherited and forgotten histories, migration, and social power. The page also invites submissions across research, writing, documentation, and other perspectives; it describes free and decentralised access as part of its mission.
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