Incorporating Culture

Culture is a huge part of EWB and recently it has been a little underrepresented. As a way to better incorporate culture we have started a new tradition: monthly cultural meetings! These meetings will help our chapter grow and learn more about the people who we seek to help with our projects.

The first cultural meeting since 2010 occurred this past Thursday, and EWB-UC was exposed to a new topic: African music and instruments. We learned about the characteristics of the music and how it has influenced music today, as well as different types of instruments like the kalimba, talking drum, and kora. To see the whole presentation check out this link: http://prezi.com/d5vwopen3tjh/edit/?auth_key=p4c5ix1&follow=rn5jxpkdw4lb

Thanks to Andrew Nottingham and Blake Baldwin for their time and effort coordinating these meetings, and a special thanks to Dr. John Kalubi from UC African Studies for his time and expertise.