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'Hip Hop' Topic of October 11 Symposium
CHICAGO, IL (October 3, 2003) - North Park University (NPU) will host a one-day
symposium on the Hip Hop culture in Viking Hall on October 11 with noted
Hip Hop expert Bakari Kitwana as the keynote speaker.
The symposium, which runs from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., is entitled Hip Hop:
The Voice of the Community - Exploring Christianity, Culture and the
Hip-Hop Movement. It is sponsored by the Center for Youth Ministry Studies.
Kitwana, who wrote The Hip Hop Generation and The Rap on Gangsta
Rap,
has been the executive editor of The Source, the editorial director
at 3rd World Press and a music reviewer for National Public Radio's "All
Things Considered." A nationally known lecturer on rap music and the black
youth culture, Kitwana will discuss the connection between Christianity and
the Hip Hop movement.
Along with Kitwana's lectures, demonstrations of spoken word, brake
dancing, rap, dj'ing and graffiti will be presented as part of the
symposium. In addition, rap artist and speaker Fred Lynch and Dr. Rupe
Simms, professor of Afrikaca studies at North Park, will participate in a
panel discussion with Kitwana.
The October 11 symposium will cost $10 in advance or $12 on the day of the
event. Student fees are $5. For more information, call the university's
Center for
Youth Ministry Studies at 773-244-5207 or visit the center's website at
www.northpark.edu/cyms.
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