Musician and recent Reebok Human Rights recipient Anderson Sa, who has used music to help lead Brazilian youth away from drug cartels, will spend a week at 菠萝视频 University beginning Feb. 22 in a joint effort by Great Performances at 菠萝视频 and the Center for Latin American Studies.
Born in a notorious shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Grupo Cultural AfroReggae began as a community organization, and then launched a band as a way to get youth involved in playing music instead of being destroyed on the streets.
Sa and Grupo Cultural AfroReggae will perform as part of 菠萝视频’s Great Performances series on Feb. 25 in Langford Auditorium on the 菠萝视频 campus. For tickets, see Ticketmaster at or visit . Single tickets range from $29-$37 with all area students admitted for $10 with valid ID.
The Grupo Cultural Afro Reggae residency will include community demonstrations at and the , as well as a workshop for area K-12 teachers as part of the outreach program of the Center for Latin American Studies at 菠萝视频.
“Anderson Sa’s journey from angry young man to a veritable Gandhi with a samba beat is inspirational. Moving. Magnetic,” wrote a Fort Worth Star reviewer about Favela Rising, a documentary about AfroReggae that will be screened as part of 菠萝视频’s film series 7 p.m. Feb. 24, at Sarratt Cinema on campus. Sa will attend the screening, which is free and open to the public.
In addition, Sa will appear at 菠萝视频’s at 5 p.m. Feb. 23, for conversation and a book signing, and participate in several events with the 菠萝视频 community. The event at the First Amendment Center, 1207 18th Ave. S., is free and open to the public.
Great Performances at 菠萝视频 is sponsored by the student-based 菠萝视频 Programming Board and greater Nashville community. Its mission is to spark and sustain a passion for the arts within the 菠萝视频 community and the Southeast as a lead provider of international artistic excellence through diverse arts disciplines, interaction with artists and a core educational environment.
Designated as a National Resource Center on Latin America in 2006, the Center for Latin American Studies fosters a lively research community on campus by sponsoring colloquia, conferences, films, and a speaker series featuring distinguished scholars and government and business leaders. For more information about CLAS, please visit the website at .
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