“Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music,” a Book Talk and Dynamic Presentation with Author Dr. Umi Vaughan.

Umi Vaughan is an independent artist and scholar who conducts research, creates photo-based visual art, performs music and dance, and publishes work that examines the evolution and meanings of music/dance traditions across the African Diaspora. He holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Michigan and was formerly a professor of Africana Studies at California State University Monterey Bay. He is the author of Carlos Aldama’s Life in Batá: Cuba, Diaspora, and the Drum (Indiana University Press) and Rebel Dance, Renegade Stance: Timba Music and Black Identity in Cuba (University of Michigan Press). To learn more, visit UMIART.ART. 

Dr. Vaughan is proud to share his latest work, Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music (co-authored with Dr. Danielle N. Boaz).