I hope some of you will be able to attend this event. If you are planning on
coming please contact me as soon as possible as need numbers for the lunch
which sounds very good!
Who Has Done The Best For Humanity?
(Lord Executor):
Caribbean Music in an international context
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 28 Russell Square,
London, WC1B 5DS
Wednesday 23 February 2000-9: 30 am-6: 00 pm
Co-organisers: Dr John Cowley and Dr Amanda Sives
Entrance/Tea and Coffee £5.00
Entrance/Tea and Coffee/Lunch £10.00
There will be a photographic exhibition on the "Windrush" period
The aim of this one-day workshop is to examine the inter-relationship
between music, politics and culture in Caribbean life and among Caribbean
peoples. We are interested particularly in the 'migration' of Caribbean
culture and the political dimensions of differing social circumstances
Timetable as at 19 January 2000
OVERTURE 09.30 - 09.55 Who Has Done The Best For
Humanity? and other musical examples
John Cowley 10.00 - 10.40 Long Time Ago-Launching Song:
Field Recordings of English-speaking Caribbean music-a
survey
Richard Noblett 10.45 - 11.25 Haile Selassie is the Police and
Mussolini the Thief: The Italian- Ethiopian conflict
in contemporary calypsos
Sharon Meredith 11.30 - 12.10 The Recontextualisation of
Barbadian Tuk Music
Tina Ramnarine 12.15 - 12.55 The Politics of Location: Indian-
Caribbean music in Local and Global Networks of Exchange
LUNCH 01.00 - 02.10 Performance by Alexander de Great
Geraldine Connor 02.15 - 02.55 Hallelujah!: Excursions into a third
space
Lez Henry 03.00 - 03.40 Reggae/Dance Hall Music: The
hidden voice' of Blak British Urban expression
TEA BREAK 03.45 - 04.05
Winston Small 04.10 - 04.50 Young Talented and British
(London)
various 04.55 - 06.00 performances
To register - please print-out this page, complete these details and send to
Amanda Sives at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London,
28 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DS, United Kingdom
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Please make cheques payable to the 'University of London'
Enquiries : Dr Amanda Sives, Tel: 020 862 8865 or E-mail : [log in to unmask]
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