The first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping, Step Afrika! honors the spirit of resistance and activism of their enslaved ancestors in STONO. With the soundscape of beating drums and shouts of "liberty," the Stono Rebellion of 1739 was an extraordinary act of rebellion and the largest insurrection of enslaved African Americans in North America. Consequentially stripped of their right to these…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:33PM on March 31, 2021