Pearl Primus Performance of Fanga Dance

Primus performed the Fanga Dance for a TV broadcast entitled “Pearl Primus: Omowale (Child Returns Home).”
I. The first part of the video was Primus speaking a dramatic monologue through which she translates the meaning of the dance:
Oh earth, Oh earth, you embrace the bones of our ancestors.
Help me, lend me your strength. Help me welcome my guests.
And drums, drums, lend me your voice. Help me welcome my guests.
Sky and earth, sky and earth. Sky, help me, bless me. Help me welcome my guests.
Then like the darting bird, I will search their hearts to see if there’s anger.
And when I find none, into the yard to find a fowl for their table.
Welcome from my heart to you, all that is good in me.
From my head, all I can think of for your comfort.
You’re welcome!
[Transcribed by the Robert J. Damm].
II. The second part of the video (starts at 3:41) was a performance of the Fanga Dance accompanied by three drummers.
III. Dramatic reading of "Inpinuzya" (starts at 8:42)
For more information about fanga, see these journal articles:
"The Origins of the Fanga Dance"
First appeared in the Music Educators Journal, Volume 102, Number 1 (Sept. 2015)
National Association for music Education
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"Fanga: Drum , Dance, & Rhythm"
First appeared in Percussive Notes, Volume 50, Number 6 (Nov. 2012)
Percussive Arts Society, Inc. Web: www.pas.org. Reprinted by permission.
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"Fanga Alafia: History and Meaning"
First appeared in Orff Echo, Volume 43, No. 2 (Winter 2011)
American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Chagrin, OH. Used by permission.
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