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Gallery of CACS Highlights 2005 Gallery of CACS Highlights 2008
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The History of CACS The First Annual Caribbean Arts and Culture Symposium |
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The First Caribbean Arts and Cultural Symposium was held on the campus of Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA) and at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History on April 13-14, 2005. The theme for the symposium was Memory and Re/membering: Caribbean Literature, History, and the Body Politic. Kamau Brathwaite--internationally renowned Anglophone Caribbean Poet, Cultural Critic, and Historian--was the keynote speaker for the inaugural event. The two-day symposium concurrently celebrated the life and work of Brathwaite on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Elaine Savory and Chester Fontenot--noted literary critics and authors--were keynote speakers at the luncheon sessions. Ron Bobb-Semple, Guyanese-born actor, performed his internationally acclaimed stage production of "The Spirit of Marcus Garvey" at the opening lecture and reception held at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History. The First Caribbean Studies Symposium was founded and directed by Dr. Akilah Emily Williams, former Associate Professor of English at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. Williams is currently Chair of The Division of Humanities at Paine College |
 Kamau Brathwaite, Keynote Speaker & Headline 2005
Elaine Savory, Keynote Speaker 2005
Chester Fontenot, Keynote Speaker 2005
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