A Nigerian dance group with a disabled member has suddenly gained popularity after posting their videos to social media.
One video has tens of thousands of views.
The dancers are children as young as five years old.
They are called "The Incredible Kids."
Their videos have been posted to the video sharing service Instagram.
The children dance quickly to popular Nigerian songs.
And they are busy performing in cities like Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria.
One dancer is 15-year-old Joshua Anum.
Joshua has a disability.
He lost his arm after an accident at the age of five.
Joshua's father left him and his 8 brothers and sisters.
They did not have much to eat when growing up.
But that has not stopped Joshua from dancing, and it has changed his life.
"Before I came here I used to go to parties, I used to fight anywhere I went and I was not going to school," said Joshua.
"Since coming here I have started school and I read and dance."
Vera Anum is Joshua's mother.
She said that she was very sad when the doctors removed his arm.
But now she is happy and proud of him.
"Everybody thought...he will not be useful in life. Our people at home said he is finished because somebody whose hand has been amputated from childhood, what can he do?" Vera said.
She said, "See him today, at least the whole world is seeing him, watching him how he is performing."
Maliki Emmanuel is the dance group's creator.
Emmanuel said that many of the dancers do not have a good family life, so he has offered them support and a home.
The students often gather around Emmanuel in his chair at his home and watch music videos together so they can get new ideas for the dance moves and performances.
Emmanuel hopes to expand his group with more children who need a home and love to dance.
"I can teach them then we will bring them to the crew," Emmanuel said.
Money from the dancers' performances helps pay the cost of the children's education.
翻译:
尼日利亚的一个舞蹈团在社交媒体平台上发布了他们的视频,其中一名残疾人突然走红。
这段视频播放了数万次。
这些舞者都是五岁的孩子。
他们被称作“不可思议的孩子”。
他们的视频被发布到视频分享平台Instagram上。
这群孩子随着尼日利亚流行曲迅速起舞。
他们目前正忙着在尼日利亚的阿布贾、拉各斯等城市表演。
其中一名是15岁的约书亚·阿纳姆。
约书亚身有残疾。
五岁时,他在一次事故中失去了一只胳膊。
约书亚的父亲离开了他和他的八个兄妹。
在成长过程中,食物并不多。
但这并没有阻止约书亚跳舞,而是改变了他的生活。
约书亚说:“在我来这里之前,我经常参加聚会,经常四处打架,不上学。”
“自从我来到这里,我就开始上学读书和跳舞。”
维拉·阿努姆是约书亚的母亲。
她说,当医生切断手臂时,她很难过。
但现在她很高兴,为他感到骄傲。
维拉说:“每个人都觉得……他在生活中毫无用处。我们家的人说他结束了,因为他的手从小就被切断了,他还能做什么?”
她讲:“现在看看他,至少全世界都在看他,看看他是怎么表演的。”
马利基·伊曼纽尔是舞蹈团的创始人。
伊曼纽尔说,许多舞者没有良好的家庭生活,所以他为他们提供了支持和家。
学生们经常聚集在伊曼纽尔的家里,围着他看音乐和视频,这样他们就可以对舞蹈动作和表演有新的想法。
伊曼纽尔希望扩大他的团队规模,让更多需要跳舞的孩子加入。
伊曼纽尔说:“我可以教他们,然后带他们去表演组”。
通过表演获得的钱用于支付儿童教育费用。