Black History Month with Andrea Thompson
Date:
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location:
Online via Zoom
Cost:
Free
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Title of Talk: The Oceanic Art of Spoken Word: Influences of Black North American
Western's EDI Office and the Faculty of Arts & Humanities are pleased to invite Andrea Thompson to offer a poetry performance and artist talk.
Andrea Thompson offering a poetry performance and artist talk that investigates the concept of spoken word as an oceanic art form fed by a variety of creative and cultural streams, with a specific focus on the influence of Black North American history, art and culture.
The performances will be selected works from her recent poetry collection, A Selected History of Soul Speak.
Host:
The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Contact:
Mars Noorani - Digital Communications Specialist - The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
mnooran2@uwo.ca
mnooran2@uwo.ca
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