NECSEM Conference: Session 2B-Movements and Movements

2:30-3:00 The Rise and Fall of Dansuomu: A Discussion of Nkrumah’s Ban on Cultural Repertoire and the Musical Resistance of the Ashanti People

Harriet Barnes-Duke, Tufts University

3:00-3:30 Branching Streams Flow: Bharatanatyam Drumming

Douglass Fugan Dineen, Boston College

3:30-4:00 “We Gon’ Be Alright”: Mental Health and the Blues in Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly

Sayeed Joseph, Skidmore College

4:00-4:30 “I am that I am… Yankunkun”: Maroon Music and Dance in Jamaica

Harjinder Singh, Tufts University