AFRICA SPEAKS! AMERICA ANSWERS: THE DRUM WARS OF GUY WARREN

4th Annual Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture
ROBIN KELLEY

“A leading voice for contemporary black urban issues” —Manning Marable

Nationally renowned as a dynamic speaker and insightful cultural critic, Robin D.G. Kelley will be presenting “Africa Speaks, America Answers: The Drum Wars of Guy Warren.”
He will examine the cultural influence of jazz in the 1950s, in particular the art of drummer Guy Warren, a Ghanaian musician considered by many critics to be the inventor of Afro-jazz. Kelley is author of seven books, including the award-winning Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and The Black Working Class. For additional information: 893-3914
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The Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the UCSB Center for Black Studies and co-sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor, the Office of Academic Preparation & Equal Opportunity, the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy, the Department of Black Studies, New Racial Studies, the Race and Technology Initiative, the Women’s Studies Program, the Hull Chair in Women’s Studies, the Department of History, the Center for Chicano Studies, the Department of Film Studies, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Political Science, Asian American Studies Department, the Center for Work, Labor and Democracy, the Department of Global & International Studies, Department of Chicana/o Studies and the Women’s Center.