Music Performance & Presentation about the Afrolatinx Musical Traditions across Latin American & Caribbean Communities around the World
Thursday, February 29, 2024
The Latinx and Latin American Faculty Working Group at Teachers College celebrated a music performance and presentation by Juan Usera, Afro-Puerto Rican, fourth-generation Bomba practitioner (dancer, percussionist, culture bearer), college professor, and community educator based in NYC, and Anthony Carrillo, Primo drummer, master percussionist, and Moperc Artist. The introduction was by Professor Carmen M. Martínez-Roldán, Associate Professor of the Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program, Department of Arts & Humanities Teachers College, Columbia University.
- Date: Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Location: Milbank Chapel
- Time: 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. (the concert was from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. at Milbank Chapel followed by a reception at the Everett Lounge in Zankel 118)
We learned about a beautiful Afrolatinx musical tradition and celebrated diversity both at TC and across the Latin American and Caribbean communities around the world.
Sponsors
- The Latinx and Latin American Faculty Working Group, Teachers College, Columbia University
- Office of the Vice President for Diversity & Community Affairs, Teachers College, Columbia University
- Association of Latin American Students (ALAS), Teachers College, Columbia University
- Coalition of Latinx Scholars (CLS), Teachers College, Columbia University
- Edmund W. Gordon Institute for Urban & Minority Education (IUME), Teachers College, Columbia University
Photo credit: Photos by Anamaria Amador.