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Cultural Arts: The Gateway to Healing for Urban Youth in Post-Conflict Liberia
dc.contributor.advisor | Ajayi-Soyinka, Omofolabo | |
dc.contributor.author | Heley, Kay E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-03T03:27:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-03T03:27:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-07-22 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11064 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6991 | |
dc.description.abstract | "Drumming for Reconciliation" is a three-phase, project-based thesis utilizing cultural arts,especially traditional music, to further the healing of young, urban Liberian women and men ages 15-24. These youth, survivors or perpetrators of violence during the fourteen years of war from 1989-2003, are falling through the cracks of Liberia's recovery. Phase One of the project is the formation and onset of the working group's advocacy for a nationwide commitment to cultural arts. Phase Two is a pilot drumming project in the West Point area of Monrovia. Phase Three is a community-based cultural arts center with layers of educational, vocational, entrepreneurial, and health care resources. The African proverb says, "The young sprout permits one to predict the height of the tree"; Liberian communities are only as strong as their youth. Cultural arts are the gateway to the healing and social access needed by urban youth in post-conflict Liberia. | |
dc.format.extent | 128 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | African studies | |
dc.subject | Mental health | |
dc.subject | Music | |
dc.subject | Cultural arts | |
dc.subject | Drumming | |
dc.subject | Post-conflict Liberia | |
dc.subject | Traditional healing | |
dc.subject | Traditional music | |
dc.subject | Youth | |
dc.title | Cultural Arts: The Gateway to Healing for Urban Youth in Post-Conflict Liberia | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Britton, Hannah | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Adams, Glenn | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Global and International Studies, Center for | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |