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Zili Misik performing at BU

BU Global Music Festival revives live festival experience on campus

Kendall Richards September 20, 2021
BU Arts Initiative brought together sounds from South America, Africa and Asia for Saturday's festival.
The Boston University Art Initiative hosted an Afro-Columbian concert on Friday entitled “Afro-Colombian Music, Culture and Politics.” LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Afro-Colombian band performs traditional music in virtual concert at BU

Molly Farrar November 23, 2020

Colombia has the biggest Black population in a Spanish-speaking country. Despite this, Afro-Colombian music and backgrounds are not well-documented in American society, according to Boston University assistant...

A panel of Haitian artists speaks on Friday night at the Howard Thurman Center about how politics, social change and activism impact the artists' work. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

HTC hosts panel on Haitian music’s intersection with politics

Hannah Harn March 26, 2017

The Boston University Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground held a panel discussion with the Department of Musicology and Ethnomusicology about Haitian artists and how their work engages politics,...

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