Film Screening: Salata Baladi
Date 11/06/2007
Time 7:00 pm
Location 223 Gregory Hall
Register Registration
Sponsor Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Cost: Free
Salata Baladi is a multilingual and multiethnic documentary by Egyptian director Nadia Kamel. The film presents a compelling reflection on identity, religion, and nationalism in contemporary Egypt.
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African Popular Cinema, Pentecostalism, and the "Powers of Darkness": Contested Discourses on "Tradition" in Ghana
Date 11/08/2007
Time 7:30 pm
Location Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana
Speaker Birgit Meyer, VU University, Amsterdam
Sponsor Center for African Studies
Cost Cost: Free
Popular movie-videos emerged in Ghana and Nigeria in the late 1980s as a result of media deregulation and commercialization of the film industry. These popular videos spread quickly throughout Africa. Their themes address a war between Christian God and the "powers of darkness," embodied by indigenious priests, magic, and witchcraft. Whereas "tradition" and "cultural heritage" are honored in the African films marketed to many European and American audiences, these filmmakers seriously challenge those discourses.
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African Film Conference
Date 11/09/2007 AND 11/10/07
Time 9:00 am
Location 210 Illini Union
Phone 217-333-6335
Sponsor Center for African Studies
Cost Cost: Free
Please visit www.afrst.uiuc.edu for conference registration and full conference program.
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West African Drum Classes
Date 11/11/2007
Time 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Location Channing-Murray Foundation,1209 W. Oregon, Urbana
Contact Gordon Kay
Email gordonkay@care2.com
Phone 217-344-5296
Sponsor MARA-GIRI: Drum & Dance Project
Cost Cost: $8/class
West African Drum Classes for beginners and intermediate drummers.
Beginning on August 26--Gordon Kay will be teaching African drum lessons on the djembe and dun-duns every Sunday! These will also be at the Channing-Murray from 4:30 - 5:45 PM for only $8 a session (or sliding scale $5-$10). You don't need to bring a drum to learn.
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West African Dance Classes with Djibril Camara
Date 11/11/2007
Time 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 West Oregon St, Urbana.
Contact Steve Disanto
Email maragiriproject@gmail.com
Phone 355-3367
Sponsor MARA-GIRI: Drum & Dance Project
Cost Cost: $12/non-students, $10/students
Djibril Camara: is of the Baga people from the village of Boke in Guinea West Africa, and has spent 17 years as the principal choreographer and dancer with the Ballet du Afrique Noir, touring throughout Africa, Europe and the U.S. He has spent his last five years sharing traditional African dance with US spectators and students.
Classes: Ongoing classes for all levels (from Beginner to Advanced) will be held each Sunday beginning August 19th at the Channing-Murray Foundation and will be accompanied by LIVE African drumming performed by Champaign/Urbana's Mara-Giri Drum Project.
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Thanksgiving Benefit Dinner
Date 11/11/07
Time 6:00PM
Location Cosmopolitan Club House at 307 E John St. in Champaign
Link to the event is http://www.mojadunia.org. This benefit dinner is for orphans in Africa and there is a suggested donation of $6. If you would like to get more involved in this event and donate food, email Andrea at cosmoclub@prairienet.org.
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*These programs were highlighted in the UIUC Center for African Studies Newsletter.
**IF you have any information about additional events, please email kcsa-callboard@kcpa.uiuc.edu.
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I went to see Salata Baladi last night and it was off the hook! Even if it was made as a documentary, it was interesting to learn about how Egypt has changed and enjoyed some laughs too. If you ask me, I give it a thumbs up!
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