Mary Morajeyo Okewola

Sr. Mary Morajeyo Okewola is a member of the Sisters of St. Louis in Nigeria. She is a teacher with degrees in educational guidance counseling and a post-graduate degree from University of Nottingham, U.K., in counseling children and young people. She has organized seminars on family life, sexuality education and creative art, and is a published author. Retired from teaching, she works with children with physical disabilities or who have been abandoned.

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A cultural dance troupe, comprising female students from Annunciation Secondary School, Nkwo, Nike, in Enugu State, Nigeria, dances to traditional Igbo music Feb. 26, 2019. (Wikimedia Commons/Arch-Angel Raphael the Artist)

The role of dance in African culture

As an African, dance is as much a part of my life as eating and working, but it is also an important part of our worship. Dance in Africa is a way we can express ourselves when words are deficient.