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Calypso Music
comes to Morehouse
Colin Hosten
Campus News Editor
A treat is in store for
Morehouse's Caribbean stu
dents or any students inter
ested in learning more about
Caribbean culture this spring,
when a lecture series on the
history, form and influence of
calypso music gets underway.
The series is being
presented by the students of
Morehouse's Upsilon Nu
Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta,
the international English
Honor Society. Input and
funding has also come from
the English, History and Mu
sic departments here at
Morehouse.
Sigma Tau's president,
junior English major, Marc
Muneal, himself a native of
the Caribbean, Trinidad and
Tobago to be exact, says that
the aim of the series is to "dis
pel the myths and misconcep
tions about the origins and
form of calypso music and
show its historical relevance
as an agency for social revo
lution and resistance to op
pression."
The series is planned
in three sessions, each ad
dressing a different aspect of
the music form. A feature
speaker from each of the
above departments will con
duct a short discussion/lec
ture relating to the focus of the
particular session, followed by
audio/visual presentations
and demonstrations.
Students will also
have the opportunity to get
personal experience with the
artform in the workshops fo
cusing on genre and composi
tion that will bring each ses
sion to a close.
News of the series has
been generally well received
by students around campus.
One Caribbean student, Kirk
Narine from Trinidad and To
bago, said that it is "always
good to get a taste of another
culture, whether it's from
Trinidad or otherwise." He
did note, however, that the
series would have been more
timely had it coincided with
the Trinidadian Carnival sea
son, when calypso is most
popular.
The senior Computer
Science major also said that
such a series might have been
more appropriate in years
past, when there were more
Caribbean students attending
Morehouse. Despite this, how
ever, he noted that the series
"would not be pointless, since
just about everyone at
Morehouse has a friend from
the Caribbean and should be
interested in learning more
about the culture."
One such American
student, Jamaal Pittman, a se
nior Mathematics major from
North Carolina, agreed, saying
that "anything aimed at dispel
ling cultural ignorance should
be welcome at Morehouse."
He continued, "I, my
self, have had to opportunity
to listen to some calypso mu
sic and it was pretty cool, so
the series should be interest
ing."
Asked whether he
would be attending any of the
sessions, however, Pittman re
plied, "probably not."
Faculty responses to
the news of the series have also
been favorable. Dr. E. Delores
Stephens, Professor of English
and advisor to Sigma Tau
Delta, said that "the Calypso
Festival will be an exciting op
portunity for fellowship and
fun while finding out what we
do and do not know about cul
tural features that may have
been taken for granted; it will
also provide another occasion
for international linkages, con
nections too often ignored in
the Atlanta University Center."
Her sentiments were
echoed by another English Pro
fessor, Dr. Diana Miles, who
said that "it's about time we
focused on the diasporic reali
ties of our existence in the
Americas as a whole." Dr.
Miles will actually be one of
the feature presenters during
the lecture series.
The series is scheduled
for April 14 th to 17 th in the
Nabritt-Mapp-McBay lecture
rooms, as follows:
Session 1: Monday April
14 th , Nabritt-Mapp-McBay Lec
ture Room 2 - "The History of
Calypso."
Session 2: Tuesday April
15 th , Nabritt-Mapp-McBay Lec
ture Room 2 - "Calypso and
Carnival."
Movie Night: Wednesday
April 16 th , Brawley 100
Session 3: Thursday April
17 th , Nabritt-Mapp-McBay
Lecutre Room 1 - "The Liter
ary Aspect of Calypso."