| Course ID: | MUSI(AFST) 4291/6291. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | African Music |
Course
Description: | History, styles, and forms of African music. Investigation of
historical, cultural and social aspects, contexts and functions,
music structures, instruments, genres, structures and indigenous
societies, nation-states, and global industry. |
| Oasis Title: | AFRICAN MUSIC |
| Prerequisite: | Any one of the following courses: MUSI 3020 or MUSI 3021 or MUSI 3210 or MUSI 3220 or AFST(ANTH)(CMLT)(GEOG)(HIST)(SOCI) 2100 or permission of school |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will be able to
* define and discuss music in the African context as cultural
practice or as artistic expression;
* identify and analyze social, cultural, political, and religious
intersections of music in Africa;
* identify and describe the instruments, genres, forms, and
musicians found in different regions of Africa;
* discuss the impact of African music in the Americas and the
Caribbean;
* discuss the role, place, and impact of African music in the
global music industry. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Music and Africa
2. Aesthetic and general considerations
3. Music culture areas concept; social,cultural, and religious
dimensions
4. Political perspective: indigenous, nation-state,
religio-economic colonialism, and global dimensions
5. Northern Africa
6. Sudanic Africa
7. West Africa
8. East Horn
9. Central Africa
10. East Africa
11. Southern Africa
12. The diaspora
13. Popular music
14. Contemporary musicians in the academy |
| Honor Code Reference: | As appropriate, students must document all sources used in
discussion and/or written work. |