Dancing in Blackness: A Memoir

Dancing in Blackness is a profession dancer's personal journey over four decades, across three continents and twenty-three countries, and through defining moments in the story of black dance in America. Halifu Osumare uses her extraordinary experiences to reveal the overlooked ways that dance has been a vital tool in the black struggle for recognition, justice, and self-empowerment. This is the inspiring story of an accomplished dance artist and a world-renowned dance scholar who has boldly developed and proclaimed her identity as a black woman.