Author Event: Dancing the Afrofuture with Halifu Osumare

Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop and the Dunham Legacy chronicles the next stage in Halifu Osumareʻs life and career from dancer activist to scholar academic, beginning with her leaving dance and community activism in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area in early 1994 and transitioning to Hawaiʻi where she earned a doctorate in American Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi. In the process, she follows her mentor Katherine Dunhamʻs model by studying and performing hula, while researching the effects of hip-hop culture on Hawaiian youth.This unlikely story by a unique dancer-academic leads to Osumare becoming a recognized scholar in the burgeoning field of global Hip-Hop Studies.