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Revision as of 22:14, 6 September 2009
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New & Noteworthy
- Giving Voice to Hope: Music of Liberian Refugees - CD Launch
Thursday September 24, 2009 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta Campus
The University of Alberta is pleased to invite you to the launch of the musical and educational CD Giving Voice to Hope: Music of Liberian Refugees. Production of this CD has been a cooperative multi-year initiative involving Liberian refugees in Ghana, a Liberian NGO (The Centre for Youth Empowerment), and University of Alberta faculty, staff, and students. The CD launch will feature live music and refreshments and will be held as part of the Design Celebrating Hope exhibition being hosted September 1-26 at the FAB Gallery.
Background: Buduburam is a Liberian refugee camp located west of Ghana’s capital, Accra. The first refugees arrived in 1990 fleeing from Liberian civil wars. Although the camp was once home to over 40,000 inhabitants, population numbers are diminishing as Buduburam’s residents make their way back to Liberia. Giving Voice to Hope: Music of Liberian Refugees is a compilation CD featuring 16 Liberian musical groups who have resided as refugees in Buduburam, some even since their birth. Musical recordings represent life in Buduburam through several genres: hip hop, R&B, traditional, gospel, and reggae. CDs will be on sale at the CD launch and are also available for $15 +GST at the University of Alberta Bookstore and Blackbyrd Myoozik (10442 82 Avenue).
You can listen to music samples and view information on the project [http:\\www.international.ualberta.ca/buducd.cfm here].
For more information contact Melanie Grell at (780) 492-6040.
- World Music Sampler: free concert of African, Middle Eastern, Indian music - Sunday November 22, Convocation Hall (Old Arts Building)
- Prof. Magdy El-Shamma`'s lecture is on Tuesday, November 12. Please read his article The Arab Middle East in the first half of the 20th Century: From Colonialism to Revolutions prior to the lecture.
Online material, by week
(note that not all weeks will have such materials)
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Midterm
Final
MEAS 200 final exam study guide 2008
