nhaka
cartography of the animist body and radical black african presences
animist technology
practice and process
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 | Tsika 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
nhaka bhuku
cartography of the animist body and radical black african presences
animist technology
practice and process
this research project is indebted to existing knowledge of dance contemporary dance african dance ritual dance published + unpublished the nature of black bodies the products of their imaginations + labor continues to marginalized | exoticised | as such weaponizing the body with deeper understanding of how we got here is crucial
bhuku includes a selected bibliography of political readings that may assist in unpacking the power of the body + importance of history
ithought
nhaka bhuku, is a platform of
ideas | ideals | philosophies | creative processes | curriculae | future tsika
FOR
one can not stay at one place | kudzidza hakuperi - learning never ends
the point of this platform is to allow those who wish to, to graduate to a level of study where self teaching is the RULE | NORM | inhabiting the state known as freedom
the highest purpose fo this sharing is allow fellow humans invested in the body and its potential to find your “mandoro kwati “ | the fullness of your being
Mhondoro THOUGHTS | urgent ideas
nhaka bhuku is
black african futurists futures | held in these concepts | philosophies | hunhu | chivanhu | nhaka | chikaranga | Tsika
(check it ) the human animal has the ability to speak to its past | present | future selves
via the conduit generally referred to as the ancestor | spirt | mhepo | wind |
this conduit has revealed itself to different time zones | geographies and unleashed its power surges using various names | the future for black beings is unfolding in the present | beyond digital capacities | hence Nhaka | cartography of animist technologies | a text on the mesmerizing lives of those chosen |
and the new generation | born in culture
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