Word: kuumbas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Science Center Teletype Watcher Kuumba Singers, Vice President, Secretary, Co-Director, Chairman of Program Committee, Member of Program Committee Currier House Committee...
...Kuumba Singers...
MORE A MUSICALLY inclined black political organization than a choir, Harvard's Kuumba singers will be four years old in November. The word "kuumba," Swahili for "creativity," typifies the group's spirit. Their repertoire is not confined to any single style of black music or even solely to music. Their musical performance ranges from spirituals, gospels and African folk songs to modern rhythm and blues. Essay and poetry readings from "I am somebody" theme of Jesse Jackson to the caustic verse of black poets like Don Lee also find their way into many Kuumba concerts...
...Kuumba ranks are as diversified as its musical scope. Since its inception the group has included students from Harvard-Radcliffe, MIT, Northeastern, Simmons, Boston College, Boston University and Boston area residents, as one way for black students to meet on a regular basis...
...rich and bored, visit a club; Howlin' Wolf is at Joe's, and good people are at the bars. Martin Mull is playing a show for WHRB at Sander's Theater, Heian, says a poster at Tommy's, has a gig at Currier House, and the Kuumba Singers will be at Sanders on Sunday night. Just so you're not bored...