This week's reading was especially informative because so far, we have only studied about the influence of African dance in American modern dance and the African American dancers and choreographers who initiated it through anthropological research or through apprenticeship. It was interesting to read about the former wave of African dancers and drummers who were the first to bring African culture and dance to America. Many of these great artist such as Asadata Dafora, Tonyea masequoi, Chief may, Babatunde Olatunji were the initial members who planted the seeds of African culture in America. The second wave of artist who were mostly african Americans learned through the African artists and they incorporated the African culture with modern dance expanding African American dance form, meaning and identity. For example, Babtunde Olatunji took Chuck Davis in his dance troupe and Chuck Davis had a huge influence from his drumming and dance. Therefore, Chuck Davis has been very crucial in expanding the african culture in america and giving it a positive identity, different from the savage and tribal version. He has had great influences from the african artists and the continent from which they come from. While the african artists brought the culture to America, the african american artists like Chuck Davis played a major role in the African diaspora.