Program:
Format:
Online
Term:
Summer 2025
Session:
Summer Session I: May 27 – July 2, 2025
Subject Area:
AFRICANA STUDIES (AFRC)
Course Number:
AFRC 1510 910
Schedule:
Monday 5:15 - 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday 5:15 - 7:15 p.m.
Instructor:
MULLER, CAROL ANN
Primary Program:
LPS Undergraduate & Post-Baccalaureate
Course Description:
African Contemporary Music: North, South, East, and West. Come to know contemporary Africa through the sounds of its music: from South African kwela, jazz, marabi, and kwaito to Zimbabwean chimurenga; Central African soukous and pygmy pop; West African Fuji, and North African rai and hophop. Through reading and listening to live performance, audio and video recordings, we will examine the music of Africa and its intersections with politics, history, gender, and religion in the colonial and post colonial era. (Formerly Music 053). Fulfills College Cross Cultural Foundational Requirement.
