Genoveva T. Palmieri
This segment of the curriculum will include the Afro-American experience in relation to language. There will be a review on how the African culture and "voice" has influenced Latin America.
The class will visit the Amistad monument on the New Haven Green, next to City Hall. The story will be reviewed. In addition, we will see a documentary done here in New Haven, prior to the film that was done in 1997.
The new section of this unit will be on Haiti, a Latin American country. We will review and study its development with a heavy emphasis on the culture of the African slave. A review of Haitian music and art will be presented.
The class will also be introduced to Brazil, and the importance of African rhythms introduced by the African slaves, and included up to today in the music of today. In addition, we will review other African influences in the life and culture of Brazil.
