In honor of African heritage month, Mwalim will be coming to USM to speak at the Woodbury Campus Center in Portland during the USM Culture Share: performances and market place. Mwalim is a Wampanoag descendant and identifies as an African American, and will be speaking about Native American and African American Heritage in New England, and his preliminary research regarding Native American collaboration in the abolitionist movement. Considered by critics and peers alike to be one of the true modern masters of the oral tradition, Mwalim is a multifaceted performing artist, writer, award winning film maker and educator at U MASS. His play “Working Things Out” featured at the National Black Theater Film Festival in 2005.

For more info on the Big event contact the office of Multicultural Student Affairs at 780-4006 or email at: mcsa [at] usm [dot] maine [dot] edu

Co producers: USM libraries, The women’s resource center & the center for sexualities and gender diversity