Tag: culture club

Ramapo hosts interactive Afro-Brazilian music festival

Photo by Alyssa Rabinowitz The husband-and-wife team of Amarildo Costa and Paula Straile-Costa took students on an interactive journey through traditional Afro-Brazilian music last Monday, during a live music and food festival held in Friends Hall. The event was hosted by Ramapo’s Culture Club, African Ancestry Month Committee, Africana Studies […]

Associate professor shares presentation on Africa trip

Photo by Karl Johnson Associate professor Karl Johnson shared his experience traveling to Africa this past summer in a presentation titled, “Liberia: An African Nation of Wonder and Promise.” Johnson, who teaches African American Studies at Ramapo, talked on Monday about the11 days he spent in Liberia over the summer […]

Eric Weiner Shares Ecological Culture Experiences

Photo by Hope Patti Eric Weiner, an environmental science professor, gave a presentation entitled “Ecological Culture in the Peruvian Amazon” in Friends Hall this past Tuesday, highlighting his personal experiences in the Peruvian Amazon jungle. Sharing anecdotes and photographs, Weiner spent time describing the food of Peru. He included his […]