Crocodile River Music: Promoting Cross-Cultural Acceptance

 

Project Sponsor: Crocodile River Music

Crocodile River gives New England a taste of West African Culture, while also providing opportunities to local artists from Africa. Check out their website here

Student Researchers

Our Project

Refugee and immigrant awareness is a worldwide issue that is mirrored in the United States. Crocodile River Music assists incoming refugees and immigrants in finding and developing work in a new environment. The goal of this project was to provide a platform for West African refugees and immigrants to share their stories and to inspire and empower the refugee and immigrant community of Worcester. Our intent with this project was to provide a great resource for Crocodile River Music to spread cross-cultural acceptance throughout the region and beyond.

Goals and Objectives

1.) Create an index of contacts with African refugees and immigrants allowing Crocodile River to continue our work

2.) Provide a detailed interview process

3.) Conduct and record a series of interviews focusing on the stories of African artists

4.) Conduct and record a series of interviews focusing on the artistic background of African artists

5.) Collect footage of concerts and interviews, with the hopes of eventually creating a mini-documentary

Final Report