Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Week 8 - Music and Politics, Part I: Afrobeat (Feb 27)


For today:
  • Fela Kuti entry in Wikipedia
  • Excerpts from Michael Veal, Fela: The Life And Times Of An African Musical Icon (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000) - on ANGEL
  • Listening assignment: 'Colonial Mentality' (lyrics on pgs. 114-115 of the reading) & 'Black Man's Cry' (lyrics on pg. 85 of the reading)
  • In-class screening of Fela Kuti: Music is the Weapon (excerpts)
Keywords: afrobeat, anti-colonialism, Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism