Dancing in Blackness: A Memoir (University of Florida Press, March 2018) by Halifu Osuamare, emeritus professor of African and African American Studies, is a professional dancer’s personal journey over four decades, across three continents, through defining moments in the story of black dance in America, and how dance has been a vital tool in the black struggle for recognition, justice, and self-empowerment.  

Professor Osuamare received her Ph.D in American Studies from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Her teaching interests include African American History and Humanities, Comparative Ethnicities in the U.S., African American Dance in the U.S. and the Diaspora and Hip Hop in Urban America. Her research areas are Globalization and Hip Hop Cultures; Cultural Studies and Youth Subculture Theory; Black Choreographers’ Fusion Dance Styles and the African Diaspora. Some of her other books are 'The Hip Life in Ghana', The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop'. 

View the book at University of Florida Press