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<B>Afro style: Iroko Theatre Company</B> <BR>BY LIZA RAMRAYKA for The Guardian<P><BR>It's a rainy October day in south-west London and the year four and five pupils (aged between seven and nine) at Priory CE primary school are sitting in the gym hall, surrounded by the usual paraphernalia of climbing ladders, ropes and basketball hoops. Before them sit four colourfully-clad figures. One stands up and booms across the hall: "Ah, ah, oko-we!" The children chorus back: "Ah, ah, oko-we!" Then suddenly, to the delight of their young audience, the four figures begin to dance, sing and drum out African rhythms. <P><A HREF="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011017011541&query=dance" TARGET=_blank><B>click for more</B></A>
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