Celebrating the complexity of contemporary dance makers in Africa through the lens of South Africa's JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Festival (2015-2024): a reflective visual article

Authors

  • Lliane Loots University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Val Adamson University of KwaZulu-Natal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30817/0161.apr0228

Keywords:

Africa, Contemporary dance, JOMBA!, visual article, post-colonial

Abstract

In an interchange between two South Africans, one a dance photographer and the
other a dance festival curator and dance scholar, this article sets out to debunk the
homogenising by (primarily) global North rhetoric around ‘African dance’. This
visual article seeks to celebrate the complexity of contemporary dance makers in
Africa through the lens of South Africa’s JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Festival.

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Published

23-08-2026

How to Cite

Loots, L., & Adamson, V. (2026). Celebrating the complexity of contemporary dance makers in Africa through the lens of South Africa’s JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Festival (2015-2024): a reflective visual article. African Performance Review, 16(1), 195–213. https://doi.org/10.30817/0161.apr0228

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026): African Performance Review

Section

Articles