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POET NIKKI GIOVANNI TO DELIVER
KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
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| Poet Nikki Giovanni will provide the keynote address. |
A performance by R&B band Valerie Adams and Dimensions
will kick off this year's public celebration of
Black History Month at Bryn Mawr at 7 p.m. on Thursday,
Feb. 25, in Thomas Great Hall. The show will be preceded
by a tea, sponsored by Sisterhood and Dining Services'
annual Black History Month Dinner on Wednesday, Feb.
4. Acclaimed poet and essayist Nikki Giovanni will deliver
the keynote address on Feb. 25, and the series of lectures,
performances, discussions and celebrations in honor
of Black History Month will culminate in Sisterhood's
annual culture show on Feb. 28.
Keynote speaker Nikki Giovanni's Black Feeling,
Black Talk, Black Judgment has been called "one
of the single most important volumes of modern African-American
poetry." Its publication in 1968 made Giovanni
a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement, and she
has continued to publish influential poetry, essays
and interviews ever since. Other highlights of the month
include lectures by Bryn Mawr historian Kalala Ngalamulume
and Swarthmore sociologist Sarah Willie; a screening
of a documentary about rape in the black community with
a talk by its director, Aishah Simmons; and dance performances
by Sister Mafalda and the Kuumba African Dance Performers
and the Chuck Davis African American Dance Ensemble.
The theme of this year's Black History Month
program is "Black History Is America's History:
Giving Voice to Silence." Series organizers Alnisa
Bell '06 and Nkenge Ho-Shing '06 of Sisterhood
have worked with numerous co-sponsoring organizations
representing diverse interests on campus to put the
program together. "We want to stress the theme
that black history is America's history,"
says Ho-Shing. "It's genuinely relevant
to everybody, not just a restricted minority of people.
We hope that people of all backgrounds will come out
to these events."
Download Sisterhood's Black History Month Calendar (Word document)
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