International Creole Day Celebration
Sponsor(s): Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Duke University Center for International and Global Studies, and Romance Studies
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Annual International Creole Day celebrates the Haitian Kreyol language with presentations by students and guest speaker Matthew Smith, Professor of Caribbean History, University of the West Indies (Mona), and currently a fellow at the National Humanities Center. He will speak on "King of the Drum: The Caribbean Echo of Haiti's Ti-Roro." Reception following in 130 Franklin Center.
Type: CARIBBEAN FOCUS, MULTICULTURAL/IDENTITY, HUMANITIES, LECTURE/TALK, RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL, and RECEPTION
Contact: Jennifer Prather