The National Endowment for the Arts named the artistic directors of Oakland-based Diamano Coura West African Dance Company, Zakarya and Naomi Diouf, 2020 National Heritage Fellows.
In this interview, Naomi Diouf, who is known to students as Mama Diouf, talks about how they became one of the biggest West African dance companies in the country.
We do not just move, we are telling stories.
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This interview originally aired on Nov. 25, 2015