Asadata Dafora was a choreographer, born in 1890 in Freetown, who died in 1965.
Biography
Austin Dafora Horton (4 August 1890 – 4 March 1965), also known as Asadata Dafora, was a Sierra Leonean multi-faceted artist talented in music, opera and concert singing, dancing, choreographing and composing.
He was one of the first Africans to introduce African drumming music to the United States, beginning in the early 1930s and, in 1934, created "Kykunkor (The Witch Woman)" a successful musical/drama production using authentic African music and dance and is considered one of the pioneers of black dance in America.
Dafora is best remembered for his work in dance and music.
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