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Nimbaya! beats the odds - and the drums

All-female group inspires, empowers through African dance

By Siddhartha Mitter

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  February 10, 2012

The swirl of color and rhythm; the layering of djembe drums with the kora lute and marimba-like balafon; story-telling theater that starts as gentle conversation and escalates into a dance party that pulls the audience out of their seats: Nimbaya!, the dance and drumming troupe from Guinea, delivers all you expect from a top-notch African dance event. Plus something more. In an unusual departure from tradition, Nimbaya! consists of only women. They come to the Sanders Theatre on Sunday afternoon.

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