SLAD’s Founder/CEO Emmanuel B. Lavela (in African attire)and some SLAD’s members at the programBUSHROD ISLAND – Twenty-nine years ago, 1991, Emmanuel B. Lavela was one of many kid-members of the Liberia Culture Dance Troupe (LCDT) founded and based on Ghana’s refugee camp popularly called Buduburam. The program was held on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 in a small compound of a house in Point-4. Three members of Mobilization Team had been Mr. Lavela’s protégés (dance trainees) 23 years ago (2007) when SLAD was born. “This is called Bassa Woman Dance,” Queen Morris said to this writer, after she threw her little hands, legs, and face in various directions. Patrick Weah called his “Ballet”, which he had demonstrated with a ‘slow motion’ to this writer demanding a ‘free style’.

Source: Front Page Africa April 01, 2020 05:37 UTC