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A Performance of The Rap Canterbury Tales
by Canadian Rap Artist and Chaucer Scholar
Baba Brinkman
April 1, 2009
This unique evening featured a performance of The Rap Canterbury
Tales
by Baba Brinkman, a Canadian rapper with a master's degree in medieval
studies. After rapping the tales of the Pardoner, the Miller, and the
Wife of Bath and explaining the parallels he perceives between Chaucer's
poetry and rap music, Baba Brinkman joined members of the audience for a
reception at the Hutton Honors College. Baba Brinkman's performance was
co-sponsored by the Department
of English, the Medieval
Studies
Institute, and the Renaissance Studies Program.
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Baba Brinkman talks to HHC staff member Hannah Dubina
after the show.
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Professor Karma Lochrie, who was
instrumental in bringing Baba
Brinkman
to IU, talks to HHC student Lisa Dunk about the Old English
lyrics in a
song she has to sing for an audition. Professor Lochrie teaches courses
for both the
Department of English and the Medieval Studies Institute.
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