February 26, 2016

Ashamu Dance Studio

Jasmine Elizabeth Johnson, Assistant Professor of African and Afro-American and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University gave a public talk/ interactive workshop entitled West African Dance and the Politics of Diaspora.  This event was part of the annual Rhythm of Change Festival.

Jasmine Elizabeth Johnson is Assistant Professor of African & Afro-American and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University. Interdisciplinary in nature, her work is situated at the intersection of diaspora theory, dance, performance studies, ethnography, and black feminism. Currently, Johnson is completing her book manuscript, Rhythm Nation: West African Dance and the Politics of Diaspora, forthcoming from Oxford University Press. Johnson is a founding member of The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance and serves on the Society of Dance History Scholars board. She is also a dancer and performs internationally.