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Anthropologist John O. Stewart will discuss the impact of the Brazilian lenten festival Carnival on the development of African spiritual culture in the Americas during a free, public lecture scheduled for 7 p.m., Friday, May 4 in the Humanities Building room 1500 at the University of California Riverside.

Stewart, a social anthropologist at UC, Davis, studies African-American society and culture focusing on literature. His talk, titled "High Mas: Carnival in African-American Spiritual Culture," will be the fifth event in the two-year African Diaspora Lecture Series sponsored by the Department of History, the Center for Ideas and Society, and the Center for Social and Behavioral Science Research at UCR.

Maps and directions to the event are available at UCR information kiosks at the University Avenue and the Canyon Crest Drive campus entrances, or on the campus web site www.ucr.edu. Visitor parking costs $3 per vehicle.

For more information, call event organizer Sterling Stuckey at (909) 787-5401, ext. 1845.

The University of California, Riverside (www.ucr.edu) is a doctoral research university, a living laboratory for groundbreaking exploration of issues critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around the world. Reflecting California's diverse culture, UCR's enrollment has exceeded 21,000 students. The campus opened a medical school in 2013 and has reached the heart of the Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Center. The campus has an annual statewide economic impact of more than $1 billion.

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