MUS 17 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Count Ossie, Informal Sector, Grounation Day

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14 Apr 2016
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Neo african music and the slave trade: three cultural regions, 1. West african rainforest (ghana/nigeria: yoruba, ewe, ashanit, fon, ibo, etc, 2. Savanna belt (gunea/sudan: muslim groups, wolof, mande, hausa, fula, 3. Musical connections: instruments, syncopation of rhythms, polymer, call and response, lead and responding drum, accompaniment to sports, parades, public work, samba reflects all of these. Social connections: organization of work groups, social clubs, mutual aid societies, nations , syncretic religions with yoruba influences, for example: haitian voudoun, brazilian, candomble, cuban santeria. Imagination, identity, revival: rastafarianism/ jamaican reggae, biblical imagination, ethiopia, marcus garvey, nyabhingi, subsect, developed drumming tradition, grounation ceremonies, count ossie- 400 years, burru, bob marley- rastaman chant. Jamaican popular music styles: calypso 1920-50s, mento !950s-60s, ska early 1960s (english 2nd wave in 1980s, rocksteady late 1960s, reggae 1970s, dub 1970s/80s, dancehall 1980s- Pan-african imaginaries: prince buster- free love , bob marley- slave driver .

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