BFS211 - Hear Me Talking to You - Black Music and Social Liberation

Subject Title
Hear Me Talking to You - Black Music and Social Liberation

Subject Description
The diverse musical traditions of the Black Atlantic are vital to the world of popular music. Embedded in forms such as blues, jazz, r & b, rock and roll, hip hop, and reggae, are narratives of social and political liberation that speak to the poor and disenfranchised in their struggle against the brutalizing oppressions of physical and mental slavery. The performance aesthetics, which blend a variety of musical and non-musical traditions, often reflect the self-making practices of the Black radical tradition and are lived embodiments that revise and challenge the established social order. There is a troubled eloquence in the deep cultural and intellectual work of artists such as Robert Johnson, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Lauryn Hill, and Kendrick Lamar, which provoke and sustain conversations between Africa, Europe, and the Americas, between race and gender, and between the sacred and the secular. In this course, we will listen to, visually observe, and read about a variety of music, and musicians, to explore Black music cultures and the freedom of the voice.

Credit Status
One General Education Credit

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

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