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...probably best-known on campus for his artistic talent. He has been president of Kuumba and the director and musical arranger of Brothers of Kuumba (an all-male subset of the singing group), served as musician's coordinator for the award-winning original musical "Songs We Can't Sing," and founded the Boston Black Art's Festival, now its second year, which brings together a wide range of local and national artists and academics to celebrate the black artistic tradition...
Music, and black music in particular, have beenimportant to Goff since he was very young. Beforejoining Kuumba, Goff was a member of the Din andTonics, a mostly white world-touring a cappellaensemble. During his time in the Dins, and throughfriends' experiences with Harvard-RadcliffeDramatic Club, Goff says he realized that thepredominantly white groups had a higher level ofinstitutional knowledge about tapping into Harvardresources...
...Still, she joined. And what was once just singing with her friends became much more. Today Kuumba is one of Harvard's biggest attractions, drawing huge crowds to their performances...
Still, she joined. And what was once just singing with her friends became much more. Today Kuumba is one of Harvard's biggest attractions, drawing huge crowds to their performances...
...extracurricular organizations, blocking groups, Core sections and House life, don't blame us if we get a bit nostalgic for this prefabricated network of friends and social opportunities. When we envision ourselves in a new city, in a new apartment building, disconnected from the fellowship of Quincy House or Kuumba, we fear social isolation, but we don't quite know how to go about shaping our personal lives without the help of an institutional force like Harvard facilitating social interaction...