Kofi Agawu
www.princeton.edu
www.princeton.edu
Registration Now Open!
The Department of Music at Princeton University will
host its Fifth International Symposium on the Music of Africa (FISMA) on
April 8-9, 2016 in Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University. Directed by
Kofi Agawu, the two-day event will feature workshops,
lecture-demonstrations, and concerts by African master musicians from
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Nigeria. Performers include
Olivier Tarpaga and the Dafra Kura Band, seperewa player Osei Korankye,
mbira musicians Chartwell Dutiro, Jennifer Kyker and Tendai Mapurta, and
drummers and dancers of the Ahenemma Cultural Group (led by Kwame
Owusu). The keynote speaker will be Professor Bode Omojola of Mount
Holyoke College. Workshops will be led or moderated by Professors Jean
Ngoya Kidula (University of Georgia) and Kwasi Ampene (University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor). All events are free and open to the public.
Schedule of events. Click here for the program
Registration.
All FISMA events are free and open to the public, but you must register
to be guaranteed a seat in Taplin auditorium. To register, please click
Continue below. For questions, please contact Michelle Horgan horgan@princeton.EDU, Conference & Event Services, Princeton University.
Accommodation.
A number of rooms have been reserved at the Hyatt Hotel in Princeton
for those who will need accommodation. Rooms will be available at the
conference rate of $139/night plus applicable taxes if reserved by March
17, 2016. Please contact the hotel directly at https://resweb.passkey.com/go/PU5thMusicofAfrica
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