Word: africanism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Mark Bessire, 33, in addition to his responsibilities as senior tutor and new dad, also works in the fellows department at the Fogg Museum. Aimee Bessire, 32, is a graduate student in the fine arts department, and was working on her dissertation on African art up to three days before Blakey was born...
...couple curated an African art exhibitcurrently on display at the Fogg, and spent twoyears in a small village in Tanzania while Markwas on a Fulbright scholarship...
When Expressions stormed the stage at the recent Black Arts Festival, spectators expecting an exclusively black female dance group may have been surprised. Although the group draws on African American musical and dance traditions, its membership includes male and female students from a range of ethnic backgrounds...
...representative in that a lot of people deem hip-hop and reggae as part of African-American culture," said Celia S. Edwards '99, co-director of the troupe...
Other dance groups contributing to the black cultural experience at Harvard include Gumboots and the Steppers. Many dances featured in these groups' performances originated in climates of racial injustice and oppressive labor conditions, such as early twentieth century South Africa. Yet dancers present their work asa celebration of African American traditions,similar to Expressions, an art form with the powerto unify black students on campus...