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Germaine Acogny: The mother of African dance at 80
LLIANE LOOTS speaks to Germaine Acogny and picks out two of her finest works
WE CARRY OUR HISTORIES IN OUR BODIES: Germaine Acogny in 2020; Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo perform Common Grounds, EIF 2023 [Présidence de la République du Bénin/Flickr; Maarten Vanden Abeele]

 

 

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