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The Annual Walter Rodney Symposium, 2022
No full textThe 19th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium titled "Walter Rodney: 50 Years of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" took place on Saturday, March 26th, 2022 from 10:00am - 3:00pm EST. The virtual conference featured keynote speaker Dr. Joyce Ladner who highlights her relationship with Dr. Walter Rodney. The panel hosted by Kurt B. Young featured Dr. Horace G. Campbell, Professor Issa Shivji, and Walter Bgoya, and discusses the work of Walter Rodney and Julius Nyerere. The panel hosted by Zophia Edwards featured a lecture by Dr. Vijay Prashad and respondents Natasha Shivji, Tamnisha John, Kamau Franklin, and Cindy Peters about the text "How Europe Undeveloped Africa". There were Q & A segments and global remembrances. The 2022 symposium was co-hosted by The Walter Rodney Foundation and the AUC Woodruff Library
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No full textrodney nNoun. A small keeled rowboat. 'He couldn't go far from land as he only had a rodney.'Used I and SupUsed I and SupNot use
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Interview with Red Rodney, Part 1
No full textInterview with Red Rodney for Jazz Profiles. Audio from the Rodney interview only lasts until 9:05 of the nearly 2-hour recording. Rodney discusses replacing Miles Davis at the Three Deuces, having not played such fast tempos in the Woody Herman band, being well received at the Three Deuces, how Charlie Parker never told him what to do but showed him, how playing with Parker was his "college and graduate school," why Parker wanted him in the band, taking a $125 pay cut to join Parker's band after Herman's, the 1949 Carnegie Hall Concert, Parker not wanting to rehearse, the Clint Eastwood movie Bird and its accuracy, Chan Parker's influence on the movie, the conscientiousness of the actor, how "Hollywood never gets a real-life jazz picture," the lower prevalence of drug use among young jazz musicians, following the leader on drugs and conduct, Rodney's comeback and the role of his wife, and getting his teeth fixed. The Rodney interview ends here, and is followed by audio of and narration for George Forman's boxing championship read by Ian Thistle, part of an episode of Fresh Air featuring author Walter Kirn (contains frank discussion of sexuality and psychological abuse), another episode of Fresh Air hosted by Chris Spurgeon discussing Thom Jones' book The Pugilist at Rest, news reports from the time concerning U.S. military activity in Somalia and debates over health care, the Hatch Act, and discussion of recent and upcoming episodes of L.A. Law
Walter Rodney Collection
No full textThe Walter Rodney Collection is a compilation of materials donated by a number of individuals and institutions. The donations help to broaden the documentation about the life, contributions, influence, and legacy of Walter Rodney. The collection also includes the work of the Walter Rodney Foundation in establishing the Walter Rodney Symposium and documents the annual symposia through video, ephemera, and photographs. The Walter Rodney Collection will continue to grow as more donations are made. The collection complements the Walter Rodney Papers that were donated to the Robert W. Woodruff Library in 2004.
At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at [email protected]
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No full textrodney nA small boat used to go aboard the larger boat when it is moored clear of land.MAY 1973 JH MAY 1973Used I and SupUsed I and SupNot use
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No full textrodney nSid, go over to Blanchard's and keep an eye on what they're doing. Take the rodney.PRINTED ITEMG. M. Story MAR 1971JH MAR 1971Used I and SupUsed I and SupNot use
Rodney Kite-Powell Oral History Interview
No full textRodney Kite-Powell, Director of the Touchton Map Library at the Tampa Bay History Center and author, provides an overview of downtown Tampa in the 1900s. He discusses the role of landmarks like the Tampa Theatre and the Florida Hotel in shaping downtown Tampa\u27s vibrancy. Kite-Powell highlights the decline experienced in the 1970s and 1980s, and the city leaders\u27 efforts toward redevelopment. He addresses accessibility issues that once limited downtown activity and notes how growing historical awareness spurred preservation efforts. Regarding the Tampa Theatre, Kite-Powell explores its origins as a silent theater and the later installation of air conditioning, underscoring its significance as a symbol of Tampa and a testament to successful preservation endeavors
Marriage Among the Lamet and the Baci Ceremony
No full textArticles concerning the marriage practices of the Lamet people in Northern Laos.Lamet : Hill peasants in French Indochina / Karl Gustav Izikowitz; Rodney Needham,
New York : AMS Press, 1960 (reprint of a 1951 edition published by Goteborg: Ethnografiska Museet, Etnologiska Studier No. 17, pages 19 thru 33 and 318 to 342. Note by William Sag
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No full textWalter Rodney Speaker Series, Dr. Patricia Rodney, Walter Rodney Foundation, "My Life's Journey with Walter Rodney". Followed by Andrea Jackson, archivist, introducing the Walter Rodney Papers.This video is an edited and stitched version of MiniDV tapes 1-2 of the Speaker Series filmed on January 17, 2013
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No full textWalter Rodney Speaker Series, Dr. Patricia Rodney, Dr. Noble Maseru, and Dr. Mark Armstrong, Dr. Kanini Rodney, "Global Health: A Focus on Africa and the African Diaspora".This video is an edited and stitched version of MiniDV tapes 1-2 of the Speaker Series filmed on April 4, 2013
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