Dialectics of dance and dress: the performative negotiation of Soli girl initiates (Moye) in Zambia

Title: Dialectics of dance and dress: the performative negotiation of Soli girl initiates (Moye) in Zambia
Creator: Simbao, Ruth K
Date Issued: 2010
Date: 2010
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/147492
Identifier: vital:38643
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2010.43.3.64
Description: During a 2005 dance rehearsal in Nkomeshya Village near Lusaka, Zambia, a group of Soli girl initiates (moye) entered a clearing, slowly moving towards the drummer who beckoned them with her rhythmic eats. The girls per-formed a polite curtseying step, reﬂecting the meek modesty they are taught to display when they humbly greet elders or their future husbands with downcast eyes.
Format: 22 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: African arts
Relation: Simbao, R., 2010. Dialectics of dance and dress: the performative negotiation of Soli girl initiates (Moye) in Zambia. African arts, 43(3), pp.64-85.
Relation: African arts volume 43 number 3 64 85 July 2010 1937-2108
Rights: Publisher
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the African Arts Statement (https://0-www.jstor.org.wam.seals.ac.za/journal/africanarts)

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Simbao, Ruth (Prof)

RU Department of Fine Art

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