Children Performing Traditional African Dances (South Africa & Zimbabwe)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases seven videos of traditional African dances performed by children from South Africa and children from Zimbabwe.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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With considerable regret, I have disabled the comment feature on this blog (and on my other blogs except for https://pancocojams.blogspot.com, because of the large number of spam comments that I received on those blogs.

Comments for those blogs can be sent to my email address azizip17 dot com at yahoo dot com for possible inclusion in a specific post on those blogs.

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FEATURED VIDEOS
(These videos are presented in chronological order based on the date of their YouTube posting, with the oldest dated videos posted first.)

Example #1: zulu kids dancing in south africa



voodoochop, Uploaded on Nov 7, 2006

zulu kids dancing in south africa. part of "a modern odyssey" photography show. amodernodyssey.com. proceeds go to two sisters charity. twosisters.org.za

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Example #2: Traditional Dance_ Chegutu, Zimbabwe (Africa)



elikkkaUploaded on Oct 31, 2007

school project zimbabwe - African dance

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Example #3: South African children dancing



Theparsonsflock, Uploaded on Feb 14, 2008

Children dancing for Pauls group.

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Example #4: Xhosa Traditional Dance Group [South Africa]



mossdeno1221, Uploaded on Nov 13, 2008

This is one of the stops of a local tour in the Garden Route. This is a presentation of a group of girls doing traditional Xhosa dances.

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Example #5: Traditional Shona Dance by Schoolkids



Timangola9, Uploaded on Sep 9, 2009

Primary school kids perform a traditional Shona dance
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shona_people
"Shona (pron.: /ˈʃoʊnə/) is the name collectively given to two groups of people in the east and southeast of Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique."
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I'm not sure whether these school children live in Zimbabwe or Mozambique.

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Example #6: Traditional South African Dance



Matt Dixon, Uploaded on Oct 3, 2010

These kids live in a township called Kwamashu, they are all under 16yrs. They have known each other for a long time now and are looking for a opportunity to perform at bigger events. They have been acknowledged by Gateway which is a big shopping centre and have been great supporters of what the kids do. Hope you like the film and please leave comments and ideas.
Check out their Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid...

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Example #7: Urban Dance Southern Africa First Steps: The Children of Renco Mine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DYn4YI7GjI

embedding disabled by request

Rina Sherman, Uploaded on Jan 11, 2011 A five-part urban dance series filmed in Zimbabwe and South Africa in 1996.

Vidéo, 70', 1996, Production: ACA LTFA

Festivals: VidéoDanse, Pompidou Centre, 1996, 2009, VidéoDanse - CNDC Angers First Steps: The Children of Renco Mine

At the school of the Rio Tinto Gold Mine near Masvingo in Zimbabwe, children are taught dance as part of their school curriculum. Their bodies are totally engaged with the boys playing percussion whilst the girls take their first dance steps.
A five-part urban dance series filmed in Zimbabwe and South Africa in 1996.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to the children and youth who are featured in these videos. My thanks also to the producers and publishers of these videos.

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