FEBRUARY 2003 - WE CELEBRATED BLACK HISTORY MONTH at VANIER COLLEGE!

 

On Wednesday, February 26, 2003 guest speaker Dany Laferrière made a bilingual presentation at Vanier.
Dany Laferrière is a well-known author and radio personality. Click for more on Dany Laferrière.

Left to right: Dany Laferrière, Sadat Kazi (Economics) and Dany Brown (Student Services).

  
 


Dany Laferrière and Sue Harrison of the French Department.

  

  Wednesday, February 12th, 2003 saw an hour of soulful and inspiring dub poetry by "Spine", featuring the
insightful and captivating sounds of Jason "Midnight" Selman and Vanier alumnus Chimwemwe Miller.


Jason "Midnight" Selman.


 Chimwemwe Miller.
 


"Spine": Jason Selman (trumpet), Lindsey Mayers (drums) and Rodney Sothmann (bass).

  
 

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 was BEAT THROUGH TIME, a trip through time by way of a history of African rhythms. Drums (Chantelle Lewis) and dance (Shiata Lewis, Melika Forde Lewis and Aisha Hunte) were our guides as we grooved to the sounds from the "Motherland" to the "New World" and back.

Dancers and audience members participate in a limbo dance. 

  
 


Students try their hand at the drums.

  


Dancer Shiata Lewis
 
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