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The company of Step Afrika! performed at Guilford in Dana Auditorium on Feb. 15
Next year's Bryan
speakers announced
Taleisha Bowen
Associate Editor
What do politician
Mikhail Gorbachev,
journalist Cokie Roberts,
author Mary Pipher, and histo
rian Michael Beschloss all
have in common?
They will all speak to stu
dents, faculty, and staff from
the college, as well as the
Greensboro community at
large over the course of the
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2004 - 2005 academic year.
On Feb. 19, the college
announced that Gorbachev,
Roberts, Pipher, and
Beschloss will speak in the
Bryan Lecture Series on the
theme of "Challenges Facing
Democracy."
"We're looking forward to
focusing on challenges facing
democracy with the four
Bryan Series speakers next
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VOLUME 90, ISSUE 17
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Step AfrikaS visits Guilford
Spelman's Tatum to speak on racial identity
Dylan Grayson
Staff Writer
Beverly Tatum, president
of Spelman College
since 2002 and author of Why
Are All the Black Kids Sitting
Together in the Cafeteria?,
will speak at 4 p.m. Feb. 27 at
New Garden Friends Meeting
about racial identity in the
United States. Admission is
free.
"Tatum is a nationally recog
nized authority on racial
issues in America," Ty
Buckner, Director of College
Meredith Veto
Staff Writer
The high-energy dance troupe called
Step Afrika visited the college 7:30
p.m. Feb. 15 in Dana Auditorium in
celebration of Black History
i Month.
Step Afrika is an internation
ally renowned dance ensem
ble that combines forms of
stepping, tap, South African
gumboot, clogging, hip-hop,
house and freestyle dancing
in their routine. The group's
technique is drawn from
African dance traditions as
well as the stepping popular
ized by African American fra
ternities and sororities.
The Washington Post
described Step Afrika as "a
skillfully arranged rhythmic
combination of clapping, body
slapping, stomping and shout
ing inspired by schoolyard
Relations, said in the Feb. 13
Guilford Beacon. "Her
research includes the study of
racial identity development in
teens, the impact of race on
classroom dynamics and the
experiences of African
American families in white
communities."
Tatum earned her bachelor's
degree in psychology from
Wesleyan University, master's
and doctoral degrees in clini
cal psychology from the
University of Michigan, and a
master's in religious studies
from Hartford Seminary in
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games."
"Basically it started when,
living in South Africa, we
came across this dance called
the 'Gumboot Dance,'" Brian
Williams, founder and director
of Step Afrika! USA, said.
"Seeing that, we wanted to
find a way to create a link
between stepping and this
dance and particular, but most
importantly, a link between
South Africa and America."
The group involved the
audience by inviting students
on stage to participate in the
dancing.
Esther Nissao was one of
the audience members who
volunteered to dance on
stage with the troupe. "I liked
being on stage ...they tried to
engage the audience in shar
ing their moves. It was great
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