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Bringing it Back Home: The African Art Form Flowers on Crenshaw
Capoeira is a martial art that has reinvented itself drastically throughout history. A rite of passage among Africans for many centuries, Capoeira incorporates music, call-and-response participation and physical sparring, emphasizing kicks, head butts and leg sweeps.
Collective Soul: An Appreciation for Pan-African Dance in LA
The Dance Collective and Resource Center once resonated with the sounds of thunderous djembes and bare feet slapping on hardwood floors and was the heartbeat of Degnan Boulevard in Leimert Park, an urban village shaped over by African American artists and merchants.
Botanicas, the One-Stop Shop for Spirituality
Botánicas, which in English translates to botany, attract a mostly Latino clientele who are interested in purchasing sage, copal, incense and oils in order to cleanse their homes and lives. Love spells are for the serious about it.
