Peom: African dance- Video

The next time you see an African dance, pause, take a moment, look closely, and maybe, just maybe you might find the joy hiding in the crevices of our plight.” These are the crowing words to the poem titled “Have you Ever Seen An African Dance.

So the question still stands “Have you ever seen an African Dance?” A poem by jason Nkwain an Poem: African dance

African living in the United States would give you the exact meaning od dance in africa, dance is more than just physical movement, it is the prosthetic that anchors most African life.

Who is Jason Nkwain
Jason Nkwain was born in Cameroon, and moved to the USA at the age of thirteen. He has been publicly speaking since circa the age 7 when he started reciting poems and rhymes for kindergarten events. Jason became really interested in Poetry after moving to the US, and as time went by, he slowly developed a love for performance poetry or as most people call it, Spoken Word poetry.

In 2012, alongside some of his close Cameroonian friends, he co-founded Legacy entertainment productions, which is a collective of African artist whose main focus is to elevate and expose the beauty and the brilliance of the African Art.

Jason Nkwain’s poems focus on the continent of Africa and especially its people. Looking at the African people through the eyes of an Anthropologist, Jason seeks to expose the beauty in Africa’s story.

Jason seeks to dispel most myths and to shatter the false His-Stories, creating room for the truth in Our-Stories. Some of his well-known poems are Thoughts, and Have You Ever Seen An African Dance.

Jason Nkwain is currently a senior at The University of Maryland College Park double majoring in Geographical Information Systems and English. He hopes to become an English professor someday focusing on Africana studies.