http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=111378&l=a9b5613260&id=585698688
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=111874&id=585698688&l=a229add3fe
Click on links above for two photo albums
The Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale University presented the Black Graduates' Celebration 2009 "Soaring With Power, Rapture and Ease" on Sunday May 24, 2009, 7 p.m. at Battell Chapel. The celebration in included an African drum processional, blessing of sacred space by the Kanjo African Dance Troupe and Pan,Jam and Lime interlude by the Steel Band of the Afro-American Cultural Center, welcome by W.Marichal Gentry, Dean of Students, Yale College, singing of the Black National Anthem by Brandon Wheatley singing of 'This Day" by Imo Nse Imeh, reading of "Hat's Off " by Ngozi Joel Nezianya,singing of "To Dream the Impossible Dream, by Sarajane Williams,singing of 'Stay with You" by Daniel Tetreault, and cello performance by
Sofia Solomon. Three Kente Stoling segments gloriously took place interspersed between the musical homages to solidify the historical and personal moments shared by all present.(The Kente stole symbolizes the common thread of ancestry among black graduating students.
During the Kente Stole Ceremony, graduates are draped in the stripes of Kente, a colorful cloth stole native to Ghana and developed in the 17th century by the Ashanti people. The traditional ceremony, often reserved for special occasions or royalty, includes elements of history, philosophy, ethics, oral literature, religious beliefs, social values and political thought.)
Comments