RENOWNED MUSICIAN MASEKELA AT NYU
FOR CONCERT, CONVERSATION WITH BELAFONTE

Renowned musician Hugh Masekela will headline a series of events as New York University's Spring 2005 artist-in-residence. Each year, NYU's Institute of African-American Affairs brings internationally acclaimed Black artists to the NYU Community. Past participants have included Danny Glover, Anna Devere Smith, Walter Mosley, Jayne Cortez, Amiri Baraka, and Randy Weston. All events will be held at different venues within NYU's Kimmel Center for Student Life (60 Washington Square South at LaGuardia Place, New York, NY).

Tuesday, February 15, 8 p.m.
Hugh Masekela in Concert
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, Kimmel Center for Student Life
Tickets go on sale Tuesday, February 1. For more information, please call the Skirball Center Box Office at 212-992-8484.

Tuesday, February 22, 7 p.m.
Hugh Masekela and Harry Belafonte in Conversation
Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th Floor, Kimmel Center for Student Life
This event is free and open to the public.

Friday, February 25, 7 p.m.
Reading, Discussion and Book Signing for "Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela" (Crown, 2004)
Silver Board Room, 9th Floor, Kimmel Center for Student Life
This event is free and open to the public.

Picture identification is required for entrance to all events; seating for the February 22 and 25 events is on a first-come, first-served basis. For information, please visit: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/africana/events-set.html.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Institute of African-American Affairs was founded in 1969 to research, document, and celebrate the cultural and intellectual production of Africa and its Diaspora in the Atlantic world and beyond. The Institute is affiliated with and shares staff and facilities with NYU's Africana Studies Program. Both organizations are committed to the study of Blacks in modernity through concentrations in Pan-Africanism and Black Urban Studies.
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