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Originally Posted by PhrozenGod01
I was at that show in 2003, a little while before crossing.  StepAfrika even taught audience members some basic steps. It was freakin sweet!
Some time later, one of the bruhs there who had relocated to the cities for a little while from Howard showed us a video of their tour in Africa. At one location, the bruhs put on a step show for some teenagers, and then an Irish dancer put on a show for the same audience. They both alternated parts of their performances so that it looked kind of like a battle. I thought the bruhs set it off, but the Irish dancer came with it as well. A historical connection between those two wasn't really discussed, but it was still a great learning experience. |
I haven't seen this fleshed out but during the early days of slavery, white indentured servants, mostly Irish, worked right along side the Black slaves, even intermarried until laws changed banning interracial marriage. I am sure that there was some cultural exchange during that period.
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