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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course is an introduction to selected musical traditions of West Africa. A variety of musical practices and their cultural contexts will be explored through listening, reading, and written assignments, with an emphasis on class discussion. The course includes in-class instruction in West African drumming, song and dance, as well as lec
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- music and theater arts
- african music
- world music
- west africa
- drumming
- song
- dance
- kora
- ethnomusicology
- senegal
- mali
- ghana
- nigeria
- lamine toure
- mbalax
- hip-hop
- rhythm
- wolof
- griot
- sabar
- salif keita
- oumou sangare
- ali farka toure
- highlife
- juju
- afro-beat
- afro-pop
- afrobeat
- afropop
- fela kuti
- king sunny ade
- ewe
- yoruba
- ethnography
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