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However, the performance was quite\ndifferent from what I had expected. Yes, the rhythm at the beginning was\nexciting and several performers danced like one body. Colorful choreography\ncaught my eyes. They danced and sang to the beat, which made me feel like\ndancing and singing together in between. But the deep sense of struggle hidden\nin their jubilant rhythm was something I had not expected. I came back home and\nstudied more about American history. Here\ufffds what I\ufffdve found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n History behind \ufffdStep Africa!\ufffd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On September 1739, the largest slave revolt\nin U.S. history took place near the Stono River. The slaves left no clues as to\nwhy or how they revolted. The message of the rebellion is told only by white men who subdued the slaves. However,\nyou can also find interesting features on that record. The drumbeat played a\nvery central role in the revolt. Plantation farm owners were afraid of the\ndrumbeat even after the riot was quelled. So, they made a bill that would ban\nslaves from using drums in 1740. But the slaves did not give in to them. They\nmade rhythms by using their bodies and continued the African spirit in their\nown way. My country, Korea, also has a tragic history of being forcibly\noccupied by Japan. Many were brutally sacrificed, but my forefathers sublimated\ntheir suffering to satire and humor in order not to lose the soul of the\nnation. Because we share a similar history, I could sympathize with the stories\nin the performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Impressive Points of the Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The performance recounted the events of\n1739. The performers used their hands and feet to create rhythms and sang in\nloud voices. The most impressive thing was that they communicated with the\naudience and made it a part of the performance. They skillfully elicited a\nfavorable response, and the audience was willing to be part of the performance.\nI\ufffdm not sure if they intended this point, but this seemed to overlap with the\nimages of black slaves who joined the rebels through the drumming in 1739.\nAlso, the most important significance of the performance is that it revealed\nthe history of the U.S that has been overshadowed. We have not learned about\nmany people who fought bravely against injustice. The performance reminds us of\nmany people who fought for a free America in a smart way \ufffd through fun,\nexciting rhythms. I strongly recommend going to this concert!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Aejin Shin. I watched an African-American drumfolk performance \ufffdStep Africa!\ufffd on February 7, 2020 at the Colwell Playhouse. Actually, I knew little about American history before watching this performance. I was born and educated in Korea and just a month has passed since I came to America. So, I just expected that this drumfolkContinue reading “Step Africa! Rhythmical History of Resistance”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9222,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2235],"tags":[1512,2264,1365,2277,2278],"class_list":["post-16444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fine-arts-in-motion-spring-2020","tag-colwellplayhouse","tag-drumfolk","tag-faa110","tag-krannertcenter","tag-stepafrica","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16444"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16466,"href":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444\/revisions\/16466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/????-?-?-1.jpg\")
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