ETHNOMUS 25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Protestantism, New Idea, Ostinato
21 Apr 2016
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The idea was not to create a pop song for radio. Born in nigeria in 1938, middle class family- mother feminist women"s movement father protestant minister- elite westernized uruba people. Highlife pop music that blended guitar and local drumming traditions, jazz, cuban son(music of elite at dances weddings, etc. ) Once american jazz became popular highlight absorbed, same with latin jazz. Tony allen- highlife musician whos drumming is know for combined groove with american soul with african but brought a light touch to a heavy groove- brought the rhythmic touch to. Sandra- radicalized fela, 1960s height of black radicalism, writings of mlk and malcom . didn"t know that fela didn"t know about this before her. Americans looking to africa and nigerians for guidance and vice versa- the simultaneous meeting created afrobeat. Trans atlantic slavery 11 million people shipped out of africa, british focused on nigeria because when abolition movement started they policed the gold coast.
