nhaka is
a long term research project which started with nora chipaumire’ instigations | investigations with tumbuka dance company | directed by anna morris + shona cultural masters in harare | zimbabwe since 2012 nora chipaumire continues the work of deconstructing + embodying ideas in studio sessions + field studies | sharpening | deepening
nhaka is
not a study of one artist and their output
nhaka is
a way of being a way of thinking a way of practicing + sharing that can be accessed by all for we in african experimental dance have lacked texts | libraries that locate us in the present future | many texts on present past exist
nhaka hopes
to inspire an unholy output of thought + projections that help us navigate art terrains and beyond creators | thinkers etc are encouraged to take steal run with contribute to the thinking universes of black african imagineries spirit capturing motion
nhaka is
a network | sika is functioning like a network ( att etc or net one ) va sahwira a hacking into open sources | ancestral network an outsourcing | kufamba -vafamba-takafamba | looking for solutions to problems etc a repository | a dunzvi – a repository | a cell that has all the codes essential to the livelihood and development of the systems | revelations | transportations
PLUS
allows for Kinetic transferences | Kinesthetic – or physical transferences
nhaka is
Tsika | hunhu culture | personhood a distinction without difference | for to be a person | personhood one must come from tsika | culture
nhaka is
Ndimi | rurimi | language | correct language conjures up [kweza | attract correct | right response | connection to ancestors
nhaka is
Kusuma | prayers | to access information related to tsika | an opening | first | prayer ask permission to access information
nhaka is
Kutamba | Tamba | mutambi | To play | To dance | The dancer
nhaka is
that dance that arrives after kusuma | prayer | in conjunction with the right sound | the right
