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And I Heard 'Em Say: Listening To The Black Prophetic, Cameron J. Cook
And I Heard 'Em Say: Listening To The Black Prophetic, Cameron J. Cook
Pomona Senior Theses
This thesis aims to explore how conceptions of the black prophetic tradition, as discussed by thinkers Cornel West and George Shulman, might be expanded into the realm of African American musical traditions and genres. I argue that musical genres like the blues and hip-hop function as an affective discourse that aesthetically, politically and religiously function as sites of resistance to white supremacy and provide alternate pathways to liberation as compared to more canonical instantiations of the black prophetic. In particular I provide close readings of performances and art by Nina Simone and Kanye West.
Dubbin' The Literary Canon: Writin' And Soundin' A Transnational Caribbean Experience, Warren Harding
Dubbin' The Literary Canon: Writin' And Soundin' A Transnational Caribbean Experience, Warren Harding
Honors Papers
In the mid-1970s, a collective of Jamaican poets from Kingston to London began to use reggae as a foundational aesthetic to their poetry. Inspired by the rise of reggae music and the work of the Caribbean Artists Movement based London from 1966 to 1972, these artists took it upon themselves to continue the dialogue on Caribbean cultural production. This research will explore the ways in which dub poetry created an expressive space for Jamaican artists to complicate discussions of migration and colonialism in the transnational Caribbean experience.
In order to do so, this research engages historical, ethnomusicological, and literary theories …
Steel Pan's Heart, Chioma Viola Ozuzu
Steel Pan's Heart, Chioma Viola Ozuzu
Senior Theses and Projects
Even though mostly Afro-Trinidadians play pan, the Steel Pan instills national identity and pride because Pan has become internationally popular and the proliferation of so many steel drum events before carnival, including Panorama-the world largest Steel Pan competition.The purpose of this paper looks the hybridization and Creolization of the music culture of the nation, in regards to the major ethnic groups, especially Indo-Trinidadian.