The Language of Hip Hop

A Zimbabwean born academic and musician, Dr. Farai Berefocuses on what he calls Black performativity, the performance of
Blackness as a political force and how Black performance can be
said to embody Blackness. He looks at the context of Black
performance in Africa, the United States, and the rest of the
African Diaspora. Bere received his PhD from New York University
in Performance Studies with an emphasis on African and
Afro-Diasporic music, theater, and orature. Fafi will perform
briefly after his lecture.

CO-SPONSORED BY THE AFRICAN STUDIES RESEARCH FOCUS GROUP-INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES CENTER, FRIENDS OF AFRICA, PROFESSORS PETER BLOOM, MHOZE CHIKOWERO, AND STEPHAN MIESCHER, AND THEATER AND DANCE.

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