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Welcome to Zebra Kids Online
ABOUT VINCENT "ZAIPO" OULA

Vincent R. Oula (aka Zaipo Oula) was born in Cote D'Ivoire in West Africa. Zaipo studied and toured with Les Guirivoires Dance de Rose Marie Guiraud which led to his touring the United States with Chuck Davis and the Brooklyn Academic Music Group in 1988.

Zaipo taught music and dance at Spellman College, GA. in 1989 as well as at San Jose university, San Jose City college until 1994 than joined Garth Fagan Dance in Rochester, NY in 1995. Zaipo is a lead dancer and former founder of Savage Jazz Dance Company, CA. In 1999 he moved to Maryland where he is raising his family while teaching in schools in the inner city. When teaching African culture, Zaipo focuses on teaching children and adults from different cultural backgrounds to learn Authentic African Rhythm and Dance, weaving African cultural and historical meanings of African rhythm, dance and craft, into the teachings. Students are taught the ancient ways of communicating and socializing through movement, clapping, chants, footsteps and storytelling of Africa. Zaipo is trained in Ballet, Modern and Jazz Dance and brings his own West African tribal dances to the United States. In 2002, he founded Zebra Kids INC. to promote cultural awareness and he developed a program to reach out to all community members.