Events

Chukie El Hamel

Chouki El Hamel

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Africana Studies Department
The Making of Gnawa: A Historical Synthesis of Black Morocco
(EDT)
Steve Heck Room
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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The Berklee College of Music Africana Studies Department presents a lecture on the Gnawa with Professor Leo Blanco and visiting scholar Dr. Chouki El Hamel. 

 

 

Fredara Hadley

Dr. Fredara Mareva Hadley

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Africana Studies Symposium with Visiting Scholar Dr. Fredara Mareva Hadley
(EDT)
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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The Berklee Africana Studies Department hosts Dr. Fredara Mareva Hadley, an ethnomusicology professor in the Music History Department at the Juilliard School. She teaches courses on African American music and the field of ethnomusicology (the study of music in its social and cultural contexts). Hadley will discuss her forthcoming book I'll Make Me a World, which centers on the musical contributions of historically Black colleges and universities and their impact on Black music and beyond. She is an alumna of two historically Black colleges: Florida A&M University and Clark Atlanta University. Hadley completed her PhD in ethnomusicology at Indiana University.

 

Admission
Free

Past Events

African Studies Event

Sounds of the African Diaspora 2024

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Sounds of the African Diaspora: Celebrating Women's History Month
(EST)
Red Room at Cafe 939
939 Boylston Street
Boston
Massachusetts
02115
United States
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This performance celebrates the arts and the creatives who represent traditional music, sounds of healing, joy, and power. These rhythms and melodies illuminate the lived experiences and stories of historical and contemporary women and people living throughout Africa, the US, and the African diaspora.

Karen Walwyn

Karen Walwyn

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Dr. Karen Walwyn Lectures on the Life and Music of Florence Price
(EDT)
Berk Recital Hall (1A)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Dr. Karen Walwyn(Opens in a new window) will speak on composer Florence Price, the first female African American classical composer to gain national recognition. Price's music was lost for over 30 years and was rediscovered in her abandoned home in 2009. Walwyn was the first to premiere the Concerto in One Movement for Piano with Orchestra and is a sought-after interpreter and scholar for lectures and recitals on Price across the country. There will be a Q&A after the lecture.

Eddie Glaude

Eddie Glaude

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First Annual Africana Studies Symposium with Eddie Glaude
(EDT)
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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Dr. Eddie Glaude will address the Berklee community regarding his book Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, which takes an exhaustive look at Black communities, the difficulties of race in the United States, and the challenges we face as a democracy. He authored this book during the COVID-19 pandemic and it coincides with the centennial birthday of author/social activist James Baldwin in 2024.