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Polly Burks
561-297-2595, pburks@fau.edu
Stacia Smith
561-297-2971, ssmith@fau.edu
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FAU Hosts Evening of Traditional African Music
BOCA RATON, FL (November 19, 2004) -The public is invited to enjoy an evening of traditional African music and culture on Monday, November 22 at 5:30 p.m. at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Visiting Ghanaian artist Christopher Doozie, master instrument maker and performer, will perform on the Gyil, an African musical instrument similar to a xylophone. The Gyil belongs to a sacred musical tradition of the Degaaba and Sisaala people from Ghana, West Africa, where it is used as a medium of communication to gather, inform, advise and entertain. These instruments are the national instruments for many villages in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Cote D'Ivoire. Doozie built the xylophones originally for the Broadway production of "The Lion King" and has brought the instruments to South Florida to share this aspect of African music.
In addition to Doozie's performance, Gail Della-Piana, a visiting professor at FAU, will present stories in the African oral tradition. In addition, there will be an exhibition featuring authentic Ghanaian art and the works of FAU students studying African Cultural Arts with Della-Piana.
The evening is presented by Florida Atlantic University's departments of communication, music, and visual arts and art history. For further information, call the African-American Research Library at 954-625-2800 or FAU's Department of Communication at 561-297-3850.
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