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Dr 'H' Patten - Dancing a Web of Stories - Decolonising Education for Peace in Afrca (DEPA) Project

DEPA project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Global Challenges Research (GCRF) Fund.

 

Dr 'H' Patten is the Artistic Director and Principal Investigator for the 10th International Conference on Carnival and Masquerade Arts 2023.

 

The DEPA dance-for-camera project was a Pan-African and arts-based dance-theatre performance and a ‘dance-for-camera’ film. The film brought together elements from the multi-disciplinary art forms from 16 DEPA projects across 14 countries. It features dancers from The Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe and Noyam Contemporary African Dance Company. A supporting dance-for-camera manual and educational resources have been developed for Sierra Leone and other DEPA countries for both formal and informal sectors.

 

Credits

Director and Choreographer

‘H’ Patten

 

Assistant Director/Choreographer

Nii-Tete Yartey (Ghana)

 

Videography

Bright Senanu Agbosu (Ghana)

Ibrahim Saha Kamara (Sierra Leone)

 

Music Composition

Volley Nchabeleng

Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe

DEPA Project Teams

 

PERFORMERS (Sierra Leone)

Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe

 

MALE DANCERS.

1.Edward Fayia Musa.

2.Ekundayo Badamasi.

3.Eric Conteh.

4.Ibrahim Kamara.

5.Ishmeal Kamara.

6.Morlai Kamara.

7.Prince Bockarie Ngaima.

8.Samuel Sillah.

9.Samuel Yankay.

10.Soriya Kamara.

 

FEMALE DANCERS.

1.Amie Kamara.

2.Amie Suma.

3.Fatu Turay.

4.Isata Kamara.

5.Kadiatu Tesseh Kamara

6.Mabinty Sesay.

7.Mariama Seray Kamara

8.Mariama Sesay.

9.Memunatu Sanu.

10.Musu Kamara.

11.Nenneh Kelfala.

12.Umu Bunduka.

 

DRUMMERS.

1.Abdulrama Bangura.

2.Bockarie Smith.

3.Esther Nyamba Kpangay.

4.Momoh Kamara 2.

5.Momoh Kamara 3.

6.Morie Karimu.

7.Mustapha Joe.

8.Saidu Foreh Kamara.

9.Salamie Suma

 

PERFORMERS (Ghana)

Noyam Contemporary African Dance Company

1.Nii Akwei Addotey

2.Arhin Kwesi Swatson

3.Daniel Tekutey Tetteh

4.Edward Muko Otoo

5.Benjamin Korsorku

 

Research Production Team (Sierra Leone)

Foday Jalloh – Director of Culture

Ahmed Wurie – Welfare Officer, National Dance Troupe

The Patriotic Advocacy Network, Sierra Leone (PAN-SL)

Ansumana Keita

Paul Jonathan

Koroma Alimamy

Arthur Sillah

Mabel Sesay

Marie Capeteh

 

Research Production Team (Ghana)

Nii Kwartey-Owoo

Nii-Tete Yartey

 

DEPA Academic Team

Dr ‘H’ Patten

Professor Parvati Raghuram

Dr Craig Walker

Dr Alex Mbayo

Decolonising Education for Peace (DEPA) Project, The Open University (OU) Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone (USL)

 

Maestro7 Creative Management Consultancy

Errol Donald – Mindspray Graphic Design

Sierra Gem Media Company

 

DEPA project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Global Challenges Research (GCRF) Fund.

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