Volume 21
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Gabriella Tem (left) and Mike Stacey reherse the Art Streefs Production of 3-D Camival Jam in the Tramway Building Aug. 10.
African Am~can Studies reaches beyond Metro By Sean Weaver
also a reminder to the strength of the human spirit. a footnote. We can't infuse unles.s we master facts about "I saw tangible examples of change in South Africa, black history and culture." White said he feels courses in African American Last year a Metro professor found himself in a South but needles.s to say, you can't wave a magic wand for African pri.5on cell. The cell had no window, a concrete change," he said. "Customs and traditions die hard." Studies can benefit any student regardles.s of hi.5 or her floor, no bed and a bucket for a toilet. White said talking with younger people in South Africa major. • For two decades, anti-apartheid activist and former made him optimistic for the future of the country. "You can't be responsive to your clientele unless you South African President Nelson Mandela occupied the "Many young whites indicated apartheid was all master the facts of history and cultures of different cell. Today, guides have replaced guards and the pri.5on, wrong," he said. "I'm a firm believer that the seed of groups," he said. located on Robben Island approximately four miles from change can be found in the young." White said Metro's African American Studies White, who has taught at Metro for IS years, has travDepartment not only serves students, but the communiCape Town, is a museum. The museum was one of many sites professor C. ]. White, chairman of Metro's African eled to several counties in Africa, including Egypt, ty as well. "We serve as a resource for community organizations American Studies Department, visited during his two- Morocco, Kenya, Ghana and Tam.ania. White has also traveled through the Caribbean to such as public schools, the Black American West week trip to South Africa. "I consider my travel experience invaluable to study African influences in countries such as the Museum and the Urban League," he said. White said the African American Studies," White said. "I try to bring the Dominican Republic and Haiti. department "adopted" the Choices, Challenges and experiences to the classroom." ''To fully understand the American experience, we Images Academy in Aroura. The department provides "(VtSiting Mandela's jail cell) was a very, very moving must understand the black experience," White said. "I supplies, mentors and tutors for the pre-school through experience," White said. '1t added to my admiration of think African American studies adds the missing pages to high school students at the academy. "It is a very diverse school," he said. Nelson Mandela. It was a reminder to the character and the American experience. Those missing pages should . quality of the man, because he came out whole. It was be infused into the American experience instead ofbeing
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