African Musical Aesthetics
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African Musical Aesthetics
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Author : John Murungi
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2011-05-25
African Musical Aesthetics written by John Murungi and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-25 with Philosophy categories.
In the West, philosophy is generally confined to the domain of the intellect, and music to the domain of the emotion. This book makes either domain the location for the other. African musical aesthetics constitutes this location, and has its home in it. Moreover, since the separation of the domain of the intellect and the domain of emotion represents a bifurcation of what it is to be a human being, and by making either domain the location of the other, what African musical aesthetics accomplishes is the affirmation of a unified sense of what it is to be a human being. Accordingly, the unity of philosophy and music give rises to a unified sense of being human. It is to such unity that African musical aesthetics takes us. For African musical aesthetics to accomplish this task, this book challenges the conventional Western understanding of philosophy—an understanding that projects Africa as devoid of philosophy. It is this projection that pervaded Africa during the colonial period, and it is the projection that is challenged in African philosophy. From an African philosophical perspective African musical aesthetics turns out to be an emancipatory process that seeks to affirm the humanity of Africans but also a process that seeks to affirm common humanity. Music is not solely a matter of audiology, what is played, or what one dances to. It has its elemental task in calling our attention to what we are as human beings. In so far as it is sensuous, it constitutes us as members of the sensible world, and links us intrinsically to all that is sensuous. It is more than humanism. Music registers us as members of nature. It is nature naturing.
An Essay On The Nature Of The Aesthetic In The African Musical Arts
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Author : Nissio Fiagbedzi
language : en
Publisher: Nissio Fiagbedzi
Release Date : 2005
An Essay On The Nature Of The Aesthetic In The African Musical Arts written by Nissio Fiagbedzi and has been published by Nissio Fiagbedzi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Music categories.
In the tradition of African musicologists who have pioneered serious scholarly study of African music, notably J.H. Kwabena Nketia, this extended essay considers the subject of aesthetic value in African music, in particular, in the Ewe and Akan (Ghanaian) traditions. It examines African - as compared with Western - ideas about musical experience and its appeal; and music in relation to values, morality and human emotion.
Kwaito S Promise
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Author : Gavin Steingo
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2016-06-15
Kwaito S Promise written by Gavin Steingo and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-15 with Music categories.
Examines kwaito as it has developed alongside the democratization of South Africa over the past two decades. Tracking the fall of South African hope into the disenchantment that often characterizes the outlook of its youth today - who face high unemployment, extreme inequality, and widespread crime - Steingo looks to kwaito as a powerful tool that paradoxically engages South Africa's crucial social and political problems by, in fact, seeming to ignore them
African Rhythm And African Sensibility
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Author : John Miller Chernoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979-01-01
African Rhythm And African Sensibility written by John Miller Chernoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-01-01 with Aesthetics, African categories.
The African Aesthetic
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Author : Kariamu Welsh-Asante
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1993-02-18
The African Aesthetic written by Kariamu Welsh-Asante and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-18 with Philosophy categories.
While the field of aesthetics has long been dominated by European philosophy, recent inquiries have expanded the arena to accommodate different cultures as well as different definitions and meanings. Aesthetics often establishes the pattern that connects culture functions in a society. In African and African American societies it functions as the keeper of the traditions. The African aesthetic is visible from popular culture to the classical cultures. In all art forms, including body adornment arts, there emerge symbols, colors, rhythms, styles, and forms that function as artistic instruments and cultural histories. While acknowledging African cultural diversity, the focus here is on the commonalities in the aesthetic that make an Ibo recognize a Kikuyu and a Jamaican recognize a Chewa and an African American recognize a Sotho. The deep structure manifest in African cultures in the diaspora is proof of the aesthetic continuity. The debate continues over the exact nature of African aesthetics, and in this volume scholars and teachers in the fields of African and African American studies approach the subject from a broad range of disciplines. Dance, music, art, theatre, and literature are examined in order fully to appreciate and delineate what the specific qualities and aspects of an African aesthetic might be. Additionally, theoretical concepts and issues are discussed in order to define more clearly what is meant by an African aesthetic. The term African here applies to all Africans, both continental and diasporan, and encompasses historically used terms such as Negro, Black, and Afro-American. This thoughtful and thought-provoking volume will be a valuable addition to the readings of scholars and students in fields ranging from African studies to general philosophy and cultural studies.
African Rhythm And African Sensibility
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Author : John Miller Chernoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
African Rhythm And African Sensibility written by John Miller Chernoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Music categories.
Aesthetic Of The Cool
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Author : Robert Farris Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Periscope
Release Date : 2011
Aesthetic Of The Cool written by Robert Farris Thompson and has been published by Periscope this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Aesthetics, Black categories.
Essays on the African heritage in the art and music of the Americas.
A Contemporary Study Of Musical Arts The Foliage Consolidation
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Author : Meki Nzewi
language : en
Publisher: African Minds
Release Date : 2007
A Contemporary Study Of Musical Arts The Foliage Consolidation written by Meki Nzewi and has been published by African Minds this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Music categories.
The 1st three volumes present material in a modular approach. Each volume presents progressively more advanced concepts in the categories: musical structure and form, factors of music appreciation, music instruments, music and society, research project, musical arts theatre, school songs technique, and performance. The 4th volume is a collection of essays. The 5th volume contains printed music.
Anthropology And African Aesthetics
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Author : Simon Ottenberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Anthropology And African Aesthetics written by Simon Ottenberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Aesthetics, African categories.
What Makes That Black
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Author : Luana
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016
What Makes That Black written by Luana and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Aesthetics, Black categories.
What Makes That Black? The African-American Aesthetic identifies and defines seventy-four elements of the aesthetic through text and illustration. Using the magnificent camerawork of R.J. Muna, Sharen Bradford, Jae Man Joo, Rachel Neville, James Barry Knox, and more- as they point their cameras at Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and jazz artists such as Cécile McLorin Salvant and Wynton Marsalis- a specific artistic consciousness or sensibility visually unfolds. Luana even joins the camera crew as she shoots Oakland Street Graffiti--Backcover.