History is made at night

The revolt of the Xhosa against the British colonial forces in early 19th century South Africa was marked by dancing. Like the Native Americ...

An account of the Powwow ceremony- also known as the Dream Dance or Drum Dance - which spread amongst Native Americans from the 1870s. It ap...

I originally wrote this article for ‘Head’ magazine where it was published in issue no.10, ‘Altered States’, 2000. After more than ten years...

‘All Indians must dance, everywhere, keep on dancing. Pretty soon in next spring Great Spirit come… All dead Indians come back and live aga...

In desparate times, millennarian movements have arisen in which people hoped to be liberated from their oppression by a sudden magical trans...