Shades, Yale University, records, 1991-2008 (inclusive).

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Shades, Yale University, records, 1991-2008 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702185932

The records consist of audio and videorecordings, a secretary's guide, and photographs of Shades.

1.75 linear feet (30 boxes)

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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Shades (Musical group)

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Shades was started in 1988 by Titilayo Ngwenya and a small group of other Yale freshmen at a pre-orientation program for students of color now known as Cultural Connections. Performances during the early years of Yale's youngest singing group took place at the Durfee's Convenience Store on Old Campus. The group's repertoire is rooted in music of the African Diaspora, a tradition that until the emergence of Shades had not established itself amongst Yale's a cappella community. From th...