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'L\- GIRLFRIEND VILLAGE CO -
By Cynthia Shelby Lan will be Id
t th M gic B Th re Caf In
Ferndale, MI Jun 20-26-27 t
8:30pm. All proceeds will b
don ed to th Detroit Community
H Ith Conn ctlon (provide
healthc r for the medically
under erv d - homeles , AIDS
vldims, poor, etc.) For Information
(393-5220) .
I THURSDAY, JUNE 25 I I SATURDAY, JUNE 27 I
'L\- MANDELA IN CUBA - A 53
minute video produced In Cub
cel bratlng th historic visit of
N son Mandela to Cuba In July
1991. Mandela and Fidei Castro
. vividly descrlb the year of
1------------ solidarity between the two
WEDNESDAY I JUNE 241 countrie, Including Cuba's rol In
supporting Angola and the ANC
\\- MALCOLM X CENTER through decade of struggle.
COMMUNITY FORUM - 1992 Discuss on by Bill Meyer following
and Beyond on th road to the video. 7-9pm. Mldw Labor
liberation: Th revoiution8IY role of Institute, 2641 W Grand Blvd
the new African ud t. G (87)5790).
sp aker (Jelanl Jabarl) 7pm. tr THE DANCING SPIDER - Thts
Malcolm X Community C nter, Children's Theatre production,
1 �206 Malcolm X 'Blvd which Is based on African folk tales,
(313-883-3312) Donation: App� combines song and dances to tell
\\- CHILDREN'S DAY - The th story of mall animals In th
nnua! I nternatlonal Freedom jungl who triumph ov r the larg r
F. aI Chlldr 's Day in the Univ nlmal when th y II work
CcAtur Center will be celebrated tog . Rackham Aud orlum �n
Jun 24 th year. The D rait Rackh m Memorial Bldg), 80
Historical Museum (5401 Farnsworth, Detroit. Tickets: $2.50
tr CULTURAL FUNFEST - Youth
Organizations United (Y.O.U.), a
youth coalition will hold its fir t
event at the Michigan State Fair
Grounds. The Community &
Cultural Funfest Is scheduled for
1 Oam tc-spm atthe Community Arts
Bldg. FREE. The purpose of the
Funfest I to network and share
youth resources, recruit volunteer
for youth organization , and have a
good time. Y.O.U. Invites
everyon. Funfest activities
Indude: Art exhibits, 11 market
Items, b ketball and baseball
games, etc. Dlspl y space
available. Rebecca Slay
(341-3859).
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
tr GOSPEL, CLASSICAL AND
JAZZ CONCERT - A FREE
Gospel Fest 2pm starring the
RIVERFRONT
FESTIVALS
HARTPU\ZA
ARAB WORLD FESTIVAL
Jun 19-21 - FIREWORKS (
dat., July 2) July 1 - AFRO
AMERICAN FESTIVAL - July
1 0-12-CAJUN/SEAFOOD FEST
- July 17-19 - LATIN
A ERICAN FESTIVAL - July
24-26 - CHILI-RIB FEST - July
31 - Aug 1-2 - EXICAN
FESTIVAL - Aug 7-9 -
AFRICAN WORLD FESTIVAL­
Aug 21-23 - ONTREUX JAZZ
FESTIVAL - Sep 3-7.
MEADOW BROOK
MUSIC FESTIVAL
tr ·OH WHAT A NIGI-fr- - Frankie
V II and Th Four Seasons, plus
David Clayton-Thomas and Blood,
Sw & Tears will perform June 21
at 8pm. TIckets: $25 and $15.
\\- MELODY-MAKERS CSN -
CSN will perform an acoustic
concert rendering such hits as ·You
Don't Have to Cry,· and ·Teach
Your Ch,7dren Well.· June 26 & 'Z7
8pm. T1ckets: $'Z7.50 and $17.50.
Ticket Information
(313-567-6000 or charge
313-64>6666)
Book examines family life of slaves.
" CHAPEL HIU.., N.C. - Slave
families in the nineteenth-century
South could never count on
remaining together because a sale
rould break them up at any time.
But even in the face of such uncer­
tainty, community and family life
survived.
. In a new book, Sweet Chariot:
Slave Family and Household
Structure in Nineteenth-Century
Louisiana (University of North
, Carolina Press), Ann Patton
Malone argues that slave families
:and communities were by neces-
sity more adaptable to the condi­
tions of plantation life than
scholars have previously thought.
Malone, who is an associate
professor of history atlliinois State
University, studied 155 slave com­
munities in twenty-six Louisiana
parishes and provides a detailed
descriptions of life on three of
them: Oakland, Petite Anse, and
Tiger Island.
The structure of slave families
and households changed and
developed over time, says Malone.
Family community organiza-
tion were influenced by a variety of
forces beyond the slaves; control,
including economic factors and the
decisions of individual owners.
. BUT SLAVE communities
remained strong, according to
Malone, in large part because of
their adaptability and acceptance
of alternative family structures.
For example, the preferred family
form consisted of two parents and
children living together, but all
types of households, including
single mothers, were accepted as
valuable members of the com­
munity.
"Slave domestic forms in
Louisiana bent like willows in the
wind to keep from shattering, " says
Malone. This flexibili ty
"prevented domestic chaos and
enabled most slave communities to
recover from even serious crises."
Sweet Chariot is available for
$39.95 at bookstores OT from the
University of North Carolina
Press.
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Chanie Smith, David Ramsey and Marvin J. WardJow appear In
Wayne State University's Summer Theatre production of ·The
Dancing Spider·, playing at the Rackham Auditorium, 80
Farnsworth, Detroit, weekdays, June 25 through July 10 (except
July 3), at 10:30am, and Saturday, July 11 at 11 am. Theatre
box o'ffice, 577-2972. Tickets at $1.50 for groups of ten or more
may be ordered ,by calling 577-3010. (photo by Patrio Clay)
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