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Nigerian
culture
exhibited
By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Nigerian Okon Akpan brought his traveling museum and a video of African dances to the county library last Saturday evening for the library’s celebration of Black History Month.
Mr. Akpan said that the Soul Train has its origins in the “Rooster Dance” from Nigerian villages. “It’s a continuation of what was when Africans came here,” he said. “It’s something nobody has been able to destroy.”
He said that children learn traditional dances as part of physical education in Nigerian village schools, but some of village culture is being lost. He explained the origin of his name. Many children add an English name now, he said. “Some trade their heritage for something that is foreign,” he added.
He used masks, beads, musical instruments and dolls to explain various aspects of Nigerian culture.
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