Angela Bassett received a master of fine arts degree from Duke University.
Lucania -LRB- -LSB- Λευκανια , Leukania -RSB- -RRB- was an ancient area of Southern Italy .. Southern Italy. Southern Italy. It was the land of the Lucani , an Oscan people .. Lucani. Lucani. Oscan. Oscan. It extended from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Taranto .. Tyrrhenian Sea. Tyrrhenian Sea. Gulf of Taranto. Gulf of Taranto. It bordered with Samnium and Campania in the north , Apulia in the east , and Bruttium in the south-west -- at the top of the peninsula which now called Calabria .. Samnium. Samnium. Campania. Campania. Apulia. Apulia. Bruttium. Bruttium. Calabria. Calabria. It thus comprised almost all the modern region of Basilicata , the southern part of the province of Salerno -LRB- the Cilento area -RRB- and a northern portion of the province of Cosenza .. Basilicata. Basilicata. Salerno. Salerno. Cilento. Cilento. Cosenza. Cosenza. The precise limits were the river Silarus in the north-west , which separated it from Campania , and the Bradanus , which flows into the Gulf of Taranto , in the east .. Gulf of Taranto. Gulf of Taranto. Campania. Campania. Silarus. Silarus ( Sele ). Bradanus. Bradanus. The lower tract of the river Laus , which flows from a ridge of the Apennine Mountains to the Tyrrhenian Sea in an east-west direction , marked part of the border with Bruttium .. Tyrrhenian Sea. Tyrrhenian Sea. Bruttium. Bruttium. Laus. Lao ( river ). Apennine Mountains. Apennine Mountains