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Tomorrow Our Seeds Will Grow: The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill And The Changing Landscape Of Hip-Hop, Emma Beachy
Tomorrow Our Seeds Will Grow: The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill And The Changing Landscape Of Hip-Hop, Emma Beachy
Musical Offerings
The release of Lauryn Hill’s 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was a watershed moment in the history of hip-hop and the intersection between music and race. On this album, Hill created a narrative that embraced Black love, attempted to educate audiences, and drew on Black musical heritage, elevating Black womanhood and nuancing perceptions of Blackness in American culture. Through musical and lyrical analysis, this paper explores the importance of Miseducation's narrative within the cultural milieu of the late 1990s and its continuing impact on hip-hop and Black American culture.
A “Free Artist Of Color” In Late-Eighteenth-Century Saint-Domingue: The Life And Times Of Minette, Bernard Camier
A “Free Artist Of Color” In Late-Eighteenth-Century Saint-Domingue: The Life And Times Of Minette, Bernard Camier
Music & Musical Performance
This article sets forth, for the first time in detail, the life and career of Minette, who was the main female opera singer in Port-au-Prince at the end of the eighteenth century. The city was the capital of the thriving and wealthy French colony of Saint-Domingue (which, upon gaining independence in 1804, took the name Haïti). Theatrical activity in Port-au-Prince was comparable to what one could find in any large provincial city, and the success that Minette gained was all the more remarkable for her being categorized as colored (mestive). The details of Minette’s origins, life, and career …
Taking Jazz Singers Seriously: Gender, Race, And Vocal Improvisation, Lauren Anne Ceres
Taking Jazz Singers Seriously: Gender, Race, And Vocal Improvisation, Lauren Anne Ceres
Senior Projects Spring 2022
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.