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While others, like valeria, take it to the stage with new meaning. translation: i express myself| through the dance, my feelings, my spirit of resistance to something i cant necessarily influence, but i have to react to what is happening somehow, a protest dance. and its clear to see that for all these ballerinas, their dance is no longerjust one of performance, its now also one of defiance. kate vandy, bbc news, the hague. lots more i was always on our website, but with crossover to the weather...

African National Congress supporters peform a toyi toyi. | Rajesh Jantilal / AFP The toyi-toyi is a high-kneed, foot-stomping dance, rhythmically punctuated by exhaled chants and call and response. It can be observed at almost any kind of protest in South Africa and Zimbabwe today. In South Africa, university students toyi-toyi when they protest against fees, while township residents might toyi-toyi when they object to the presence of “foreigners”. In Zimbabwe, the opposi...