{"id":2533,"date":"2016-03-11T06:35:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T12:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2021-01-19T08:11:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T14:11:50","slug":"black-fine-arts-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/2016\/03\/11\/black-fine-arts-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"IWU Black Fine Arts festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an Argus<\/em> article published on October 18, 1968<\/a>, the newly formed Black Students’ Association announced its purpose and goals. Among them were plans to hold a Black Fine Arts Festival (BFAF): “This festival would attempt to show blacks and whites the
\nquality and diversification of black artists.”<\/p>\n

The first event BSA organized was called “Black Resurrection (Pure Suffering)” and received extensive coverage<\/a> in the alumni publication called The Bulletin. Several photos of the evening’s performances are in the archives and available online<\/a>. The Argus <\/em>also contains a photo of the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Ernest<\/p>\n

The first week-long event was announced in\u00a0The Argus<\/em> on December 3, 1971<\/a> and it took place Feb 6-12, 1971. The BFAF was held annually through 1981.<\/p>\n

The photo shown here is of a performance by Ernest Kachingwe and his family. Kachingwe was the number one recording artist in Rhodesia, and the only African student at IWU at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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