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LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
Unit 1: Introduction: Ethnomusicological Approaches to African Music
1Preliminaries; Overview of Course
2The Field of Ethnomusicology, the Concept of "Soundscapes" and its Application to the Study of World Music

Building a Cross-Cultural Musical Vocabulary
3Organology and Instruments: The Sachs-Hornbostel System of Instrument Classification
4African Music: A Review of Ethnomusicological LiteraturePaper 1 due
Unit 2: Senegal
5Senegalese History, Culture, and Music

Focus on Wolof Griots, Masters of the Sabar Drum
6Popular Music in Senegal: mbalax and Hip-Hop
7Sabar Drumming: An Introduction to Basic Hand Techniques, Rhythms, and bàkks
8Sabar Drum Workshop with Artist-in-Residence, Lamine Touré
9Interlude: Southern Africa
Unit 3: Mali
10Music of the Mande: The jali and his InstrumentsMusical transcription exercise due
11Guest Lecture - Demonstration by Balla Kouyate, a Balafon Player from New York City
12Malian Superstars: Salif Keita, Oumou Sangare and Ali Farke Touré
13Midterm Exam
Evening Performance by Lamine Touré and Group Saloum
Unit 4: Ghana
14Music Cultures of the Ewe and Dagbamba
15Case Study: Agbekor (Ewe)Paper 2 due
16Urban Music Roots: Highlife and Palm-wine MusicSubmit final project proposal
17Interlude: Central Africa
Unit 5: Nigeria
18Music and Identity: jùjú and fúji Bands
19Music and Politics: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's Afro-Beat
20Music and Ritual: Hausa Music and the bori CeremonySubmit final project progress report
21Interlude: East Africa
Unit 6: Conclusions
22-24Final Presentations
25ConclusionsFinal paper due

 








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