Description
HUM 200 S Special Topcis: Survey of African Music & Societies - The course provides through music-listening a survey and analysis of the important socio-cultural and political moments in the history of the African continent. The course provides a roadmap to appreciate the incredible variety of music, cultures and landscapes on the continent of Africa as well as an assessment of its political, economic, and cultural issues and challenges as they relate to the pre-colonial periods, independence movements and globalization. The music speaks of African musical and cultural traditions, their coming of age and their hopes for the future through its artists and their visions.d.