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Presented By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Cuba and Martinique/Negritude and Revolutions

"Conjuring the Caribbean: How Sweet It Is"

photo of sugar cane on a path photo of sugar cane on a path
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Featuring Silvia Pedraza “Sugar: Before and After the Revolution in Cuba”, Mbala Nkanga “Performative Reading of Aime Cesaire Writing”, and performance of a new piece developed during the symposium “Revolutions”.

6:30 pm Tableaus and Provocations

7:00 pm Silvia Pedraza “Sugar: Before and After the Revolution in Cuba”

7:30 pm Mbala Nkanga “Performative Reading of Aime Cesaire Writing”

8:00 pm “Revolutions” Guest Artist/Faculty Group Performance

These performances are part of the weeklong symposium, "Conjuring the Caribbean: How Sweet It Is"

More about the Symposium:
Mon 12/7-Fri 12/11
Join artists, scholars and students in a five day exploration of Caribbean tourism, histories and gender identities. The symposiums calls for an interdisciplinary response to shifting imaginations about the power and potential of Caribbean studies viewed through the lens of a sugar-saturated past.

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