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This week, the Kuumba Singers are releasing a recording of their Spring 2002 concert entitled One More River. In keeping with Kuumba’s mission of “celebrating black culture and creativity through song,” the album is divided between soulful a cappella spirituals and energetic gospel songs backed by the talented Kuumband. The choir is irrepressibly exuberant on the opening song, “Psalm 1,” while on “Psalm 121,” the soloist attains a feverish pitch that the choir seems to soothe. Kuumba also shows...
...Kuumba will be hosting a CD Release party in Pforzheimer House this Saturday with live entertainment from the Kuumband...
...recent op-ed by Savannah J. Frierson ’05 (“On Display with Kuumba,” Nov. 12) is right about one thing: the Kuumba Singers are often on display at Harvard as an outstanding multicultural organization that celebrates an art which has often been pushed aside. However, I feel strongly that Frierson has taken a very negative view of an occurrence that could have been a true opportunity for her. She notes that the reunion participants were confused when Kuumba entered the room. Couldn’t this be from the fact that none...
...Kuumba is a beautiful organization whose mission is to celebrate black culture and creativity through song to those who otherwise would not be exposed to it. I think that it is fair to say that members of the Class of 1957 are an excellent audience for this goal. There will always be tension when two worlds collide, but it presents a unique opportunity to reconcile both worlds together. The gig provided such an opportunity. But somehow I just don’t think that reconciliation was reached this time...
Savannah J. Frierson ’05 is an English and Afro-American studies concentrator in Eliot House. She is a member of the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College...