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‘Man in the Mirror’
African Theatre 18, 2019
‘Man in the Mirror’ The Issue of Appropriation in the Exchange between African & African American Popular Cultures
African Theatre 18, 2019
Man against Machine
The Honky Tonk on the Left
Epilogue: “We People Who Are Darker than Blue”: Black Studies and the Mizzou Movement
Journal of Negro Education, 2017
Abstract:One of my favorite song titles is Curtis Mayfield’s “We People Who Are Darker than Blue”... more Abstract:One of my favorite song titles is Curtis Mayfield’s “We People Who Are Darker than Blue” (1970). It connotes the deep and unique physical beauty and painful struggle of Black people all around the world. The song itself is a journey from Africa to the Americas, fusing the hypnotic djembe drum beats of a West African past with the funky improvisational jazzy horns and keyboards of African American R&B. Mayfield includes spoken word and sung lyrics, stories and didactic lessons, varying the tempo and the dynamism, all resulting in an urgent call to Black folks to remain steadfast in the fight against systemic oppression and racism. Although the twenty-first century #BlackLivesMatter generation has gravitated toward hip hop to find an apt soundtrack for their modern movement, this Curtis Mayfield song could serve as the theme song for the movement’s continuum.
Soul, Country, and the USA: Race and Identity in American Music Culture. By Stephanie Shonekan . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. 200 pp. ISBN: 978-1-137-37809-5
Popular Music, 2017
Black Resistance in the Americas
Black Resistance in the Americas, 2018
Religion and Faith
Soul, Country, and the USA
Gender and Relationships
Soul, Country, and the USA
Race and Identity
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015
Money and Media
Soul, Country, and the USA
Politics and Power
Soul, Country, and the USA
Semiotics and Songs
Soul, Country, and the USA
Four women: a conversation about Nina Simone, Billy Holiday, Camilla Williams and Mary J. Blige
Folk Roots to Pop Masses
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015
Black Lives Matter and Music: Protest, Intervention, Reflection
Black Mizzou
Black Lives Matter and Music
Gender and Relationships: Women and Femininity
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015
Politics and Power: Left or Right
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015
Money and Media: Radio; Television; Film Representations
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015
Semiotics and Songs: Visual and Oral Meanings
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015
‘Man in the Mirror’
African Theatre 18, 2019
‘Man in the Mirror’ The Issue of Appropriation in the Exchange between African & African American Popular Cultures
African Theatre 18, 2019
Man against Machine
The Honky Tonk on the Left
Epilogue: “We People Who Are Darker than Blue”: Black Studies and the Mizzou Movement
Journal of Negro Education, 2017
Abstract:One of my favorite song titles is Curtis Mayfield’s “We People Who Are Darker than Blue”... more Abstract:One of my favorite song titles is Curtis Mayfield’s “We People Who Are Darker than Blue” (1970). It connotes the deep and unique physical beauty and painful struggle of Black people all around the world. The song itself is a journey from Africa to the Americas, fusing the hypnotic djembe drum beats of a West African past with the funky improvisational jazzy horns and keyboards of African American R&B. Mayfield includes spoken word and sung lyrics, stories and didactic lessons, varying the tempo and the dynamism, all resulting in an urgent call to Black folks to remain steadfast in the fight against systemic oppression and racism. Although the twenty-first century #BlackLivesMatter generation has gravitated toward hip hop to find an apt soundtrack for their modern movement, this Curtis Mayfield song could serve as the theme song for the movement’s continuum.
Soul, Country, and the USA: Race and Identity in American Music Culture. By Stephanie Shonekan . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. 200 pp. ISBN: 978-1-137-37809-5
Popular Music, 2017
Black Resistance in the Americas
Black Resistance in the Americas, 2018
Religion and Faith
Soul, Country, and the USA
Gender and Relationships
Soul, Country, and the USA
Race and Identity
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015
Money and Media
Soul, Country, and the USA
Politics and Power
Soul, Country, and the USA
Semiotics and Songs
Soul, Country, and the USA
Four women: a conversation about Nina Simone, Billy Holiday, Camilla Williams and Mary J. Blige
Folk Roots to Pop Masses
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015
Black Lives Matter and Music: Protest, Intervention, Reflection
Black Mizzou
Black Lives Matter and Music
Gender and Relationships: Women and Femininity
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015
Politics and Power: Left or Right
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015
Money and Media: Radio; Television; Film Representations
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015
Semiotics and Songs: Visual and Oral Meanings
Soul, Country, and the USA, 2015