Music Studies: the Black Atlantic 1

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

"The Black Atlantic" refers to the radically complex, open-ended cultures of West Africa, the Americas, and Western Europe that formed in the wake of colonialism and the Atlantic slave trade. We consider their musics, including blues, R&B, jazz, funk, soul, Afrobeat, juju, rumba, salsa, reggae, dancehall, and various further hybrids. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of the instructor.