Studies in African Music is a 1959 book in two volumes by A.M. Jones. It is an in-depth analysis of the traditional music of the Ewe tribe. The work is...
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continent. The music and dance of the African diaspora, formed to varying degrees on African musical traditions, include American music like Dixieland...
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Black studies or Africana studies (with nationally specific terms, such as African American studies and Black Canadian studies), is an interdisciplinary...
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and uplift" people of African ancestry. At its core, pan-Africanism is a belief that "African people, both on the continent and in the diaspora, share not...
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African-American music is a broad term covering a diverse range of musical genres largely developed by African Americans and their culture. Its origins...
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South African Music Studies is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal and the official journal of the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM)...
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Spirituals (redirect from African-American spiritual)
spirituals, African American spirituals, Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with African Americans,...
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SOAS University of London (redirect from Brunei Gallery at the School of Oriental and African Studies)
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; /ˈsoʊæs/) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution...
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migrants), play, and other songs. Ewe music is featured in A. M. Jones's Studies in African Music. Jones describes two "rules" (p. 24 and p. 17, capitalization...
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Confidential African Affairs African and Asian Studies African and Black Diaspora African Anthropologist African Archaeological Review African Arts African Book...
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ethnomusicology of the music of Africa: V. Kofi Agawu (born 1956), professor of music and African and African-American studies at Harvard; studied music of the Ewe...
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African Music is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the International Library of African Music. It covers contextualized studies of...
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Sub-Saharan African music is characterised by a "strong rhythmic interest" that exhibits common characteristics in all regions of this vast territory,...
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University. [full citation needed] Jones, A.M. (1959: 211–12) Studies in African Music. [full citation needed] Novotney (1998) Peñalosa (2012: 59). Grenet...
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Cinemas: African Continent" in Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts (Third Edition). Routledge, 2006. p. 426-442 Collins, Professor John (2002). "African Popular...
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West African music varies due to the regional separation of West Africa, yet it can be distinguished by two distinct categories: Islamic music and indigenous...
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Miriam Makeba (redirect from The Queen of African Music)
traditional African melodies, and Western popular music. In 1959, Makeba had a brief role in the anti-apartheid film Come Back, Africa, which brought...
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Journal of African Cultural Studies is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on African culture, including African literatures...
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Clave (rhythm) (redirect from Tresillo (music))
clave pattern is also found in the African diaspora music of Haitian Vodou drumming, Afro-Brazilian music, African-American music, Louisiana Voodoo drumming...
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racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the US after White Americans. The term "African American" generally...
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Arthur Morris Jones (category Protestant missionaries in Zambia)
Institute, 1943. Jones, A.M. African Rhythm. London: International African Institute, 1954. Jones, A.M. Studies in African Music. 2 vols. London: New York...
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was piloted in approximately 60 schools across the United States in its first year. AP African American Studies was the first ethnic studies course offered...
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forms such as electronic dance music (EDM). Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created...
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culture in traditional African music, African popular music tends to stay within the roots of traditional African Popular Music. The genre of music, Maskanda...
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Afro-Jamaicans (redirect from Genetic studies of Afro-Jamaicans)
Afro-Jamaicans are Jamaicans of predominantly African descent. They represent the largest ethnic group in the country. The ethnogenesis of the Black Jamaican...
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Library of African Music (ILAM) is an organization dedicated to the preservation and study of African music. Seated in Grahamstown, South Africa, ILAM is...
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African-American culture, also known as Black American culture or Black culture in American English, refers to the cultural expressions of African Americans...
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Centre of West African Studies (CWAS) is a division of the School of Historical Studies at the University of Birmingham, England. The centre provides teaching...
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IMAGES USED TO PORTRAY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN RAP MUSIC (Thesis). Lewis, Ladel (June 2005). The Portrayal of African American Women in Hip-Hop Videos. Masters...
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Fela Kuti (redirect from Africa ′70)
Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with American funk and jazz. At the height of his popularity, he was referred to as one of Africa's most...
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