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[Video of the Kankouran Dance Company performance]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters performance by the Kankouran West African Dance Company on April 17, 1999. The event was hosted by the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. The video records the 50-minute performance of drummers and dancers playing four traditional West African pieces titled "Baak", "Bantaba", "Mansonko" and "Sabar".
Date: April 17, 1999
Duration: 52 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Konte, Assane & Gueye, Medoune
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Promo video for "Dance Africa Chicago"]

Description: Video footage promoting the Dance Africa Chicago yearly dance performance event. The video shows footage of cultural dancing, clothing, and individuals speaking about the event and its role in the community. The tape shows footage from past years' themes and educational materials provided by the organization. The tape was provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters.
Date: January 24, 2001
Duration: 8 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Columbia College Chicago
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Public service announcement for Kankouran Dance Company]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a performance by the Kankouran West African Dance Company on April 17, 1999. The event was hosted by the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. The commercial shows clips of dancers performing under a news anchor's narration of the date, time, and location of the performance.
Date: April 17, 1999
Duration: 37 seconds
Creator: Konte, Assane & Gueye, Medoune
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774732 -96.798716
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Black Art - Ancestral Legacy" art exhibition documentary]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in support of the Black Art: Ancestral Legacy art exhibition shown at the Dallas Museum of Art from December 3rd, 1989 to February 25th, 1990. The exhibition focused on the African impulse on African American Art. The footage is a documentary-style video featuring narration, art historian, and artist commentary on the exhibition.
Date: 1989/1990
Duration: 43 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Simmons, Katina; Stepneski, Mark & Nance, Daryl
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.787696 -96.801044
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[West African and African-American dance companies broadcast clip]

Description: Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a broadcast featuring two sponsored dance companies that will perform at the Naomi Burton Theatre on June 3rd, 2000. The footage shows the two dance companies and their respective choreographers being interviewed as well as a brief performance by their drummers. One company represents African dance hailing form Guinea and the other African American dance hailing from Dallas.
Date: June 2000
Duration: 6 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Moussa, Djely & Whiturs, Dereque
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Boka Ndeye" dance concert featuring KanKouran]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "The Beat Goes On" concert and performance series of the KanKouran West African Dance Company on March 22, 2003. The footage shows KanKouran giving a performance entitled "Boka Ndeye" featuring traditional Senegalese dances and drumming.
Date: January 22, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: KanKouran West African Dance Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Literary voices series featuring author and Ph.D. Etiese T. Mkpa Abasika]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a literary voices series event with Nigerian author Dr. Etiese T. Mkpa Abasika hosted over the weekend of October 15-16th, 1999, at the Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows Dr. Abaskika discussing his book "The Black Jesus: The Conspiracy and the World's Best Kept Secret".
Date: October 16, 1999
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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