MUS 210 History of Music II - African Diaspora

User icon Heather Dray
3 August 2023
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Primary and Secondary Source course materials on the music of the African Diaspora and its influences from antiquity to the present. Emphasis is placed on societal, cultural, and political influences on musicians, their music, and performance practices.


English

The musicians beat their drums while chanters sing praises about a local chieftain who is arriving. The chief is on the horse in the background. These are his personal musicians


BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English

Item notes: Notes transcribed from handwritten observations supplied with original tapes: Dongo played by N/onno (poor sound) 1'45"; Dongo with whistling (erratic sound) 1'00"; Dongo (better sound) 42"; Dongo, new …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

This week on Pulse, we'll hear how musicians are bringing people together all over the world. From a musical group in South Africa uniting the country's white and black populations …



English


USC: University of Southern California English

Four musicians with their instruments, in Gabon.


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

Less and less people in South Africa are interested in the traditional music of their homeland. Dizu Plaatjies is working to turn this around.


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

The four members of Songhoy Blues felt they had no choice but to leave their homes in 2012 when jihadists took control of northern Mali. In Bamako, in the country's …


University of the Witwatersrand English

What can our art be used for? Used by Whom? This edition of Medu explores the importance of art and its inextricable relationship to community. Two interviews, one with playwright …


BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 Zulu

Rycroft asks the maskanda guitarist Mbambo where he works. Mbambo answers that he works at the 'Lucian Hotel'. Rycroft interviews a second musician who also works in a local hotel. …