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Notes
- General Note:
- A tribute to Paul Robeson was held at SOAS, University of London, celebrating Robeson's contribution to humanity and his status as one of SOAS's greatest alumni on 20 September 2006. The complete event, organised by Professor Philip Jaggar, Emeritus Professor of West African Linguistics.
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/197471
- Biographical:
- Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson (1898-1976) was the leading anti-racism campaigner and human rights activist in the 1930s and 1940s in the USA, and identified with victims of tyranny and oppression around the world. He was a forerunner of black consciousness and awareness, and the first African-American to insist on playing dignified roles in films. He was also one of the world's leading bass-baritone concert singers of his era, as well as an internationally acclaimed actor and orator. Robeson lived in London with his family throughout the 1930s, and in 1934 registered at SOAS for classes in Swahili and phonetics.
- General Note:
- Organised by Philip Jaggar, (Emeritus) Professor of West African Linguistics at SOAS, the celebration included the late Tony Benn as the guest speaker, and he described Robeson as someone who “spoke of all the things the human race needs if it is to survive and prosper”. Sir Willard White, another eminent bass-baritone, also joined in the tribute and sang the iconic numbers ‘Ol' Man River’ and ‘Deep River’ – both of which were sung at Robeson's funeral in Harlem in 1976. -- There were also contributions from Terry Bishop (Registrar, SOAS, 1974-1990), Dr Akin Oyetade, then Head of the Department of Africa, SOAS, Professor Colin Bundy, former Director and Principal of SOAS, 2001-2006, and Professor Paul Webley, Director and Principal of SOAS since 2006.
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Jaggar, Philip J., 1945- : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/66492970
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