Dance, Music and Myths of the African World


SORAC’s Africa and the Diaspora in the 21st Century Series
“Ex Africa semper aliquid novi”
Presents
Dance, Music and Myths of the African World

Tutsi Dancer

Tutsi Dancer

Sponsored by The Institute for the Humanities and SORAC (Society for Research on African Cultures), Montclair State University

February 8, 2001

The Program

8:30 am – 9:00 am: Sign-in and Breakfast Buffet Ballrooms

9:00 am – 9:10 am: Opening Remarks By:

Dr. Timothy Renner, Director, Institute for the Humanities, Introduction to the Program
Dr. Daniel Mengara, Executive Director, SORAC

9:10 am – 10:00 am
“Myth and African World”
Dr. Regina Jennings, Assistant Professor of African-American Literature at Rutgers University

10:00 am – 11:10 am
“Music and Dance of the African World”
Professor Mack Brandon, Convener of the Music Program at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Note: Professor Brandon will feature dancers who will show off some traditional moves

11:10 am – 11:20 am BREAK

11:20 am – 12:10 pm
“African-American Cultural Expression: Alvin Ailey’s Revelations”
Dr. Mary English, Assistant Professor of Classics and General Humanities at Montclair State University


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