{"id":16271,"date":"2015-02-21T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/?p=16271"},"modified":"2015-02-21T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T06:00:26","slug":"oalp-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/2015\/02\/21\/oalp-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Obo Addy Legacy Project Panel Discussion and Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week the OMA collaborated with OSU’s Lonnie B Harris Black Cultural Center to host the Obo Addy Legacy Project <\/a>for\u00a0a panel discussion and concert. Needless to say,\u00a0both events\u00a0were informative and incredibly fun!<\/p>\n

International Panel Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n

The panel discussion\u00a0on the 17th\u00a0showcased\u00a0storytelling, dancing, and drumming.\u00a0The panelists included:\u00a0Yingwana Khosa, who spoke about his life in South Africa;\u00a0Alex Addy, who share his Ghanaian experiences;\u00a0Kenel Pierre, who discussed his childhood in Haiti;\u00a0and\u00a0Prudence Eca-Mizose, who expressed his thoughts on his home country of Congo.\u00a0Special features included Khosa performing the Gum Boot and Toyi dances, and Addy demonstrating the kpanlogo drum. Susan Addy & Michael Sweeney of the Obo Addy Legacy Project introduced and facilitated the discussion.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Kenel Pierre, Yingwana Khosa, Michael Sweeney, Susan Addy, Prudence Eca-Mizose, & Alex Addy<\/p>\n

Cross Cultural Rhythms Concert<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two days later, on February 19th, the OALP group Okropong performed an incredibly dynamic concert featuring Ghanaian music and dance!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Okropong Concert in the MU Lounge<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Okropong Dancers<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Okropong Concert<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Okropong Dancers<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Okropong Concert<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Okropong Concert<\/p>\n

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This week the OMA collaborated with OSU’s Lonnie B Harris Black Cultural Center to host the Obo Addy Legacy Project for\u00a0a panel discussion and concert. Needless to say,\u00a0both events\u00a0were informative and incredibly fun! International Panel Discussion The panel discussion\u00a0on the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6078,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1329592],"tags":[97053,1325757],"class_list":["post-16271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oma","tag-african-americans","tag-obo-addy-legacy-project"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6078"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}