Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resistance, and Revolution Kriolas Poderozas EDITED BY TERZA A. SILVA LIMA-NEVES AND AMINAH N. PILGRIM Terza A. Silva Lima-Neves is associate professor of political science and chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Johnson C. … Read more
The Sonja Haynes Stone Center will host noted Cape Verdean filmmaker Guenny Pires for a screening and discussion of his film CONTRACT. The documentary discusses the centuries-old system of contract slave labor that exported thousands of Cape Verdeans to the island of … Read more
Join the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History on Monday, November 11 as they host the 1619 Collective Memory(ies) Symposium. This one-day symposium will bring together “conversants” from communities thrown together as a result of the Transatlantic … Read more
Head to the Stone Center as we celebrate the release of Ruta Panoramica by Latin jazz ensemble Marimjazzia. The group, formed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill associate professor of music Juan Alamo, combines Afro-Caribbean rhythms, particularly those from Puerto … Read more
Join the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for the opening of DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance. This multimedia exhibition by award-winning artist Fahamu Pecou seeks to elevate and recontextualize Black life and death by reframing our view. Pecou integrates West African spiritual traditions … Read more
This fall, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will host a solo exhibition entitled DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance. This show, on loan from the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston, features the work … Read more
Join the Iranian Cultural Society of North Carolina for a special Nowruz celebration. Celebrating Nowruz and appreciating members of the community for their outstanding service and dedication for promoting culture and heritage! The event will feature Persian music and dance … Read more
Join the Iranian Cultural Society of North Carolina for a special Nowruz celebration. Celebrating Nowruz and appreciating members of the community for their outstanding service and dedication for promoting culture and heritage! The event will feature Persian music and dance … Read more
This musical comedy shows the experience of Big Mama Thornton (portrayed by actress Azusa Sheshe Dance) as a blues singer, songwriter and entertainer dealing with racial and sexual tensions in the music industry (warning: explicit language). This event is free … Read more
This musical comedy shows the experience of Big Mama Thornton (portrayed by actress Azusa Sheshe Dance) as a blues singer, songwriter and entertainer dealing with racial and sexual tensions in the music industry (warning: explicit language). This event is free … Read more
