Sistah Mafalda

Sistah Mafalda (ACG ’13) has the opportunity to travel and teach in a cultural dance exchange project with the Obatala group in Oaxaca, Mexico. The Obatala, a group of Afro-Mexican women who are dancing to reconnect with their African roots, have invited Sistah Mafalda to teach them African drum and dance and share their own dance practices with her in June.

Sistah Mafalda’s project highlights one of the greatest challenges that affect thousands of people today -- the lack of access to clean water.  She and the project’s participants created a multidisciplinary performance to tell the story of the water crisis in Africa through a blend of traditional style dance and new media technology.  She hopes that this project will raise consciousness and promote dialogue around the state of water conditions worldwide.