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DanceAfrica Council of Elders are a group of African Americans and African elders both men and women. They oversee the DanceAfrica festival that is held every year in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. DanceAfrica was formed in 1977 by Chuck Davis (dancer) and the Chuck Davis Dance Company. DanceAfrica is a three day festival that celebrates African and African-American dance, music, and culture.

Past & Present Members of DanceAfrica Council of Elders
N'Goma Woolbright

Normadien Woolbright

Baba O. Wali Rahman

Chuck Davis

Pearl Primus

Chief Bey

Ella Thompson Moore

Madeleine Yayodele Nelson

Peggy Alston

Babatunde Olatunji

Kwame Ishangi

Patricia Dye-Asante

Elsie Washington

Lee Abramson

Rahkiah Abdurahman

Al Carter

Lynette White-Mathews

Jacqueline Coban-Martin

Marie Brooks

Alice Dinizulu

William Matthews

Jonathan Robinson

Bilal Abdurahman

Aissatou Bey-Grecia

Joe Nash

Sandra Burton

Neil Clarke

Amma Wiles McKen

Linda Evans

Adwoa Brown

Donna Ashe

Hanan Hameen

Carole Awolowo

Yomi Yomi Awolowo

Katunge Mimy

Amma Oloriwaa Bernard

Doris Green

Mama DeBorah Davis-Gray

Andara Koumba Rahman-Ndiaye

Akua N. Ishangi

Tara Bernard

Montego Joe

Sara McGee

Scuddie Mcgee

Leslie Gray

Pearl White

Denise Tima Fann Baker

Kumali Abramson

Cheryl Anthony

Jackie Woods

Barbara Bey

Selma Edwards

Walter P. Brown

Timeke AmenRa

Joseph Placide

Imam Obaba

Mary Robinson

Oma Rover

Mzee Moyo

Rudolph Rogers

Mensah Wali

Monifa Olajorin

Akua Rajah

Reverend Chester Williams

Mamou Mbaye

Luther Suliamann Wilson

Mama Rahkiah Abdu Rahman-Eason

Amy Olatunji

Mary Umolu

Nathaniel Boyd Hakika

Gail Wila

Esmerelda Simmons

Baba William Jones

Sandra Gay