Zalute! The spirit of our ancestors lives. I am grateful for the Baba and his teaching. My last meeting with the flesh was in Winston Salem Kwanzaa a few months before the flesh decided to take sleep. Baba. Chuck Davis lives on. Crying tears of joy for the physical remembrance. The spirit lives on. I Salute You my Baba of love and life.

Dance Africa was and is still needed,I'm always surprised when people don't know about this annual event

This video has done it for me today and I will continue with the legacy Baba Chuck Davis has left us. This is energy and the drums so many cannot live with out. Baba is smiling down and saying. Look at my families. Raspect to the artist and Baba spirit lives in through the younger generations. Many will give back to our communities through the teacher,the father, the counselor and a great big humble giant. I miss him so much. I cried and will continue. Because I met a greatness.

Baba Chuck came to Shreveport Louisiana 1983 and my life was changed forever. Mr. Luther Cox Jr. the artistic director of Inter City Row Modern Dance Company (ICR) was the host. I took the master class, I can still here his thundring voice in the dance circle "thats it, thats it , move, let the drum move deep baby, deep, move your soul." I love you Baba Chuck and will miss you.

I came all the way from Pennsylvania to see this and missed it!! I wanted to show my oldest daughter what it is that I use to do and where I graced the stage!! this has brought back so many memories. I shed a few tears watching . thank you so much for posting this video for us who couldn't make it to see!! nice to see everyone looking good!!! I'll definitely will making it next year!!!

Ah, this is so extraordinary for Baba Chuck Davis... I can feel the Ashe'. Deepest Gratitude!!!

Thank you for making this video available. I laughed and cried and wept for time passing. Watching the young folks dance Africa reminded me of the love of dance I've always had. But with time and age, the body changes. To all the performers of song, dance and poetry you are an inspiration and a joy. Baba Chuck is proud!

Fantastic send off. Many thanks to all who put this together for us all. Asante Sana

I am in tears right now!!! This was beautiful!! BAM is the best place for DanceAfrica and I am happy they will continue the annual festival!!! Peace, love and respect for everybody!!! :-)

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12:35 Women of the calabash. Learning how to listen to African aesthetics. It's not hearing. It's noticing the embodied gestures, feeling the sense of timing and rhythms interlocking, its visual --seeing how they move, and it takes time to appreciate if you are new to it. 19:25 "As a youth, I was shy... Chuck gave me a voice. Chuck told me I could dance and I could reach people through my movement" 20:00 FESTAC 1977

39:25 Tommy Pallucci, representing the unionzed stage crew, speaks so powerfully about the present of Baba Chuck who said, "Never look down on a person unless you're willing to pick them up. Peace. Love and Respect for Everyone."

1:01:29 Preacher speaks and sings in tribute "Father I stretch my hand to Thee" 1:05:33 Three points. Make time for God and yourself. Make time for others less fortunate. And be on time.

28:38 BAM Dance Afrika Dancers - Afrobeat performance. Full of individuality within collectivity. Ends 39:25

44:09 Special thanks for constants Diwani Frederick who produces the outdoor bazaar since the beginning and Tommy Pallucci. First outdoor bazaar had elephant rides for children for DanceAfrica in 1977. More details 46:42 Alex Haley walked in 1977.

1:11:19 New Artistic Director speaks: Ago ame transition. Truth is truth. This is continuum and legacy. 1:13:22 40 years of Baba Chuck Davis's leadership and focus on Africa since 1977...and African Americans 1:15:00 Look at your neighbor 3x 1:17:59 Baba's last moments

1:44:30 Elder dances 2:03:20 Completion

24:27 Head of Restoration Plaza. Notice correction by community and how it affects an individual who is not fully invested in community. 50th Anniversary. 25:23 Faux pas. 25:52 Audience no longer tolerates mispronunciation.

5:21 libation to clear the space

1:23:44 The actual show begins

49:27 Sweet Honey in the Rock

1:17:19 Ill Style for Peace from Philly 1:23:45 drum and dance ensemble ?? **Special 1:28:36 Led by new Artistic Director. Forces of Nature 1:34:42 - 1:43:00 Drummers featured. Individuality within collectivity. Each drummer is not prechosen as a soloist. Seems as if you called by spirit to solo.

1:35:00 Skip to the good part

No. He have nothing. Lol These were the people that shine off Baba.Chuck Davis. And Baba would not have accepted what he got out on stage and do.

I love all I received, until this guy with the colourful suit. Who call fire and brimstone. He is a performer and and clown. The pastor said nothing but truth. So what is his problem with what the pastor said. Because nothing he is saying. Really represent Baba. Chuck Davis visionary. All he did is look bad. What a joke 😂😂😂