ANWS Graduate Student's Work Featured in Miami Herald

The multimedia documentary slideshow on Latin American Hip Hop by Noelle Theard, ANWS MA Student (Cultural Track) is being featured on Miami Herald website. This is part of the newspaper’s ongoing series on “A Rising Voice: Afro-Latin Americans”, June 10-24.

http://www.miamiherald.com/multimedia/news/afrolatin/multimedia/hiphop/hiphop.html 

In addition to her active academic life as a graduate student, Noelle is a social documentary photographer. Her recent works have focused on the Hip-Hop culture. Her work honors the spirit, dedication, and artistry of the youth that keep the core of global Hip-Hop alive. Noelle regularly freelances for The Miami Herald. Her other clients include Greenpeace, DJ News, Six Degrees Records, and Urban America Newspaper. Noelle's photographs have been exhibited in Miami, New York, Philadelphia, and Houston. Her series “To the Barbershop” is part of the Miami Dade Public Library’s permanent collection.

Ms. Theard is currently planning a trip to study Hip-Hop in South Africa. This study will form part of her MA thesis.

ANWS Student Releases a New Hip Hop Album.

In January 2007, ANWS MA student, Rodly Madeus, cofounder of a Creole Hip Hop group, Sky'z Da limit, released his second album titled "AfrikAyiti". The album has been described as a champion of Africanism in the Haitian community. According to music writer Bleky Seide of Teledjol News Network, the artistes “challenged the Haitian community to view themselves as Africans/African descendants and not just as Haitians. The beat has a lot of African elements as they used some samples of African chants from Congo”. Mr. Madeus and his colleagues pour out their soul as they tackle many topics such as life, love, the mediocrity in their beloved country - Haiti - in hot, flowing lyrics. The group, which is based in South Florida, provides a deep analysis of the contemporary condition of Haiti in perfectly syncopated rhyme of Haitian Creole.

Mr. Madeus is currently on leave from the program.