Word: kuumbaã
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2002-2002
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
According to Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) spokesperson Robert Mitchell, FAS administrators were not aware of Vaux’s comments. But he said that if Kuumba??s account were accurate, “it’s a serious matter” and the administration would take appropriate action...
...been easy. When auditioning for the Sisters of Kuumba ensemble, Braxton-Brooks threw up and had a feeling that she was “being run over by a tractor-trailer.” Vomit and tractors aside, she’ll be singing a solo this year at Kuumba??s annual holiday concert...
...Kuumba??s greatest strength is the energy, honesty and passion of its performances and this recording amply demonstrate this flare. Songs like “Get Your House” highlight the interplay between soloist and choir, as the soloist leads with an ornamented phrase (“Get your house in order!”) and the choir responds with a potent punch (“Do it today!”) One song opens with W.E.B. Du Bois’ Class of 1890 description of the “sorrow songs,” and builds...
...concert, the songs do feel truncated compared to their length in performance and the inclusion of applause at the close of some songs makes its edited absence at the end of others sound a little odd. Yet the album is a fitting tribute to the awesome power of Kuumba??s performance, both for those who were there to see it and for the yet-to-be-converted...
...Kuumba was hired to provide entertainment at this event and was ushered in and out as such, just like any other entertainment group. A major portion of Kuumba??s audience is white, even at their major concerts in Sanders, and I strongly doubt that the sold-out crowds come to see a minstrel show...