For all that, however, this young South African dancer and choreographer promises much for the future.

"African American dancers were typically banned from performing in minstrel shows until after the Civil War."

It was a 19305 statue of an African dancer, probably made out of plaster.

With their feet on the ground, African dancers connect the earth and the sky.

The bartender gets a solo turn as an African tribal dancer.

Some African dancers went to the lofty peak to exorcise evil spirits.

From under her hoop skirt pop a cartoonish pickaninny and an African dancer.

Competitions between African American dancers were at the core of set de flo' dancing.

Slaves, and post-slavery African American dancers, would compete among themselves with set de flo'.

"I was his worst African dancer," he said, laughing.