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BLACK MUSIC II: MUSIC 154 “Challenging Anti-Blackness: Black Music, Black Lives, Black Consciousness, Unapologetically Black!” SYLLABUS Spring 2022 ZOOM Meetings –TTH 11:00-12:15 P. M. Professor:

Dr. Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum (Queen Mother Nana Abena Ansahfoa I) Graduate Assistant: Mallory Boychuk Online Office Hours: T/TH 12:30-2:30 PM (ONLINE) Email: ReggieNet ONLY (Select Instructor Role) Subject to changes Catalog Description A survey of musical elements and cultural contexts that define Black Popular music in the Caribbean and the United States of America.

I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession.—BILLIE HOLIDAY PURPOSE: 1. Develop your ability to understand and to speak articulately about the power of Black music as a • Response to anti-black/racist policies, practices, and rhetoric • Catalyst for emotional justice

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• Celebration and affirmation of Black lives, love, pain, history, beauty, resilience, and excellence 2. Expand your thinking about the music contributions by members of the Global African Family 3. Explore how musical elements like call and response, improvisation, polyphony, polyrhythms, timbre, etc. inform the musical structure and meaning of the music 4. Examine how Black Music styles continue to influence music of the world 5. Experience—perform and create Black Music styles. TRAJECTORY/MAP: 1) Introduction: African Roots/Routes, 2) Blues, 3) Jazz, 4) Rhythm and Blues, 5) Gospel, 6) Reggae, 7) Afro beats/TransAtlantic Dialogues, 8) Rap/Hip-hop We will watch videos, attend live concerts, perform live in class, create music (make instruments), listen to music selections, read and discuss articles. This class is experiential. 1) We will explore how the mechanics of each music style, and explore how music marks people’s experiences. How does music help people to • “hold on” amidst adversity, • challenge and anti-Blackness, • celebrate Black life • build community, and • change and save lives 2. We will privilege Black lives and experiences . . . Ultimately, this music journey helps us understand, appreciate, celebrate, and articulate the audacity and importance of Black music in Black Peoples’ Lives. NOTE: The first two weeks of class will be online. We will meet synchronously, Live on Zoom. At the scheduled class time 11:00am-12:15pm. We will start meeting face to face, in-person starting the week of January 24th.

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN 1. This course is part of Illinois State University’s General Education Curriculum 2. It prepares you to be globally engaged citizens who seek knowledge, appreciate diversity, think critically, communicate effectively, act responsibly and work collaboratively.” Specifically, this course is designed to help you gain • Intellectual and practical skills, allowing you to write in a variety of genres. • Gain intellectual and practical skills, allowing you to deliver purposeful presentations that inform attitudes or behaviors. • Personal and social responsibility, allowing you to demonstrate ethical decision-making. • Personal and social responsibility, allowing you to demonstrate the ability to think reflectively. • Integrative and applied learning, allowing you to transfer learning to novel situations. • Integrative and applied learning, allowing you to work effectively in teams. LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Understand and identify Black music styles 2. Speak articulately about what Black is music to express identity, promote hope, confront adversity, build community, celebrate lives, chart history, and save lives. 3. Expand your thinking about the contributions that people of African descent have made to our world through an analysis of their history, their global experiences, and music. 4. Perform Black music styles 5. Speak articulately about music as a marker of Black experiences. 6. Discuss how Africanist aesthetics inform Black music and culture This class could satisfy the course requirements for a minor in African or African American Studies. CLASS TEXTS 1. “Griots of the African Diaspora” Part 2 (You need these on January 18th).

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• Order at *supercopy.com* by January 14th (12 noon) for shipping 1. $38.00 OR • Pick up at 1103 MLK Jr. Drive #1A, Bloomington, IL 61701 (309820-1392). Masks are required to enter the store. 1. $38.00 2. I Am Proud of My Ancestors: They Overcame by Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum • ISU Alamo II has ordered copies. • Available online. (Amazon.com has Prime Shipping—2 days?) Recommended/Additional Material on ReggieNet  Recommended: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom on Netflix.  Listening and Video Selections on ReggieNet You Will Also Need • I exercise book to take notes in class. ReggieNet As you already know, ReggieNet is the name of our campus-wide Learning Management System (LMS). In this course, we will use ReggieNet to • Access syllabus and other course materials. • Listen to musical examples • View your grades • Take on-line quizzes • Send e-mail I will provide you with an Overview of ReggieNet, and also provide links to videos that explain how to do some of the work you’ll need to complete on ReggieNet. Beyond that, if you have ReggieNet questions, you should address them to the Technology Support Center at [email protected] or 438-HELP. Instructional Experiences (Learning Experiences): 4 video questionnaires on-line quizzes (20 points each, 60 points total) can be found on ReggieNet. Watch videos, complete questionnaires and take quiz online on the due date. I will count 3 of your highest scores. Do not use mobile technology for these quizzes. I typically post/release online quizzes 48 hours before they are due. Therefore, if a quiz is due on Friday, I would post it on Wednesday. If one is due on Monday, I would post it on Saturday. The 4 videos are: 4

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The Land Where the Blues Began Ethnic Notions Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues Rap Music

4 Assignments: 80 points  TEDx Talk Video Response: Walking with My Ancestors (20 points) is a written response to a video you will watch. Your analysis/reflection will include a song or songs that you believe will best capture the mood and essence of the presentation. See Reggienet for detailed guidelines.  Required Black Church Service Attendance (20 points). We will attend a Church Service in town. I will rent an ISU van to go or you could drive along or carpool. Check outline for date.  Required 2 Live Concerts (20 points each (dates on schedule below) o Jazz Concerts—2 Performances  Attend 1 o Walking with My Ancestors Concert (Music, Dance, Drama)—3 Performances  Attend 1 (Group or One-woman) Embodying Soul People: Monologue with Music (50 points)  Monologue. Portray an artist of your choice for 2 minutes with Black music song. 1-minute monologue, 1-minute music performance (sing, dance, and/or play instrument). You will be the artist. See Reggienet for guidelines. 3 P’s Project/Black Music Group (50 points) is a group project with 3-4 people  Portray/Enact (6 minutes) o An event that has affected the Black Community and a Black Music song for 6 minutes OR o The Experience and Music of a Black Music Group  Please see ReggieNet for additional guidelines.

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In-Class work and Participation/ Quizzes/ Homework/ (160 points).  5-minute in-class quizzes (40 points) based on the day’s assigned readings, assigned listening, and/or discussions.  Homework (hands-on work like making a music instrument) or turning in assigned written work from readings (40 points).  Class Participation and Written class work (80 points). Since the class is heavy on experiential, immersive learning, and some in-class group work, attending and participating in class work is crucial. Therefore, in-class workshop, Workdays, in-class concert will be more points. These cannot be made up unless 1. You have provided a note from an official and authorized source dated for that day—athletes, especially, about your absence. 2. You are on a school sponsored activity for which documentation has been provided 2 weeks prior. 3. You have excused absence from the Dean of Students about a verifiable and documented issue—a death in the family, an emergency situation, etc. NB:  The Dean of Students will contact me about an excused absence on your behalf about deaths in the family, verifiable illnesses, other supportable emergencies, etc. occurring on that day. o Please check Dean of Students’ Website at deanofstudents.illinoisstate.edu/ o The Athletics Department sends me a list of all scheduled dates for athletes. It is your responsibility to inform me. There are NO Exams in this Class. How Will You (and I) Know What You’ve Learned? Because it’s important that you and I engage in an ongoing dialogue about the nature and quality of your learning, I will provide multiple opportunities for both formal and informal assessments of your progress toward the outcomes identified above (See “What Will You Learn?”) Informal assessments will include opportunities for you to assess your own progress and for you to get feedback from your peers and from me. The formal assessments are as follows: Grade Breakdown In-Class Work and Participation/Quizzes/Homework --In-Class Work and Participation (80 points)

160

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--Pop Quizzes/Listening Quizzes (40 points) --Homework (40 points) 3 On-line Video Quizzes 4 Assignments 3 Ps Project/Black Music Group Character Portrayals/Monologue

60 80 50 50

Total 400 How Should We Conduct Ourselves? Learning can be an uncomfortable process. It forces us to construct new mental models—mental models that may be incompatible with the mental models we’ve previously constructed. This creates a certain amount of “cognitive dissonance,” which most of us find discomfiting. For that reason, I want to make sure we all share come common expectations, as follows: What you can expect from me: • Start class on time and end on time • Respond your e-mail inquiries within 24 hours, M-F. (If you have not heard from by that time, please send a reminder.) o All messages coming after 4:30 M-TH will be answered next business day. o Messages coming in after 4:30 on Friday and on the Weekends will be answered on Monday. • Create a supportive, engaging, and safe learning environment What I expect from you: • Attend class ON TIME (I will lock the door at 11:05 p.m. to curtail continued disruptions) • Attend class regularly • Participate fully in all class activities • Complete readings • Be engaged with the class and course material • Listen to and be respectful of others and their views Due Dates All assignments and readings must be completed/submitted before or on their due dates. 50% will be taken off any assignment that is submitted late:  After due date and time (10:50 am), and one day after the due date (by 10:50am). 7

You will not receive any credit after the grace period. Submit all Assignments and Homework on Reggienet at the Assignments or Forums tab. Do not send assignments to me or Mallory personally on Reggienet or Outlook, under any circumstance.

Excused Class absences and due dates I will only consider excuses if they are related to school-sponsored activities. Please submit verifiable official documentation with dates to me as soon as you find out.  When that happens, you will have one week to make up missed work.  It is your responsibility to arrange make-up work with me. Zoom Ethics Please do not disrupt class— no texting, surfing on net, talking, shouting, cursing, and disrespecting the others in the class. Turn off all cell phones, put on vibrate, and put them away. Mute your microphone unless you are speaking. Turn on your cameras. I like to see you. Communication/Contacting Me Please contact me on Reggienet Only. I will not be responsible for any mail coming to my Outlook account.  If you have a problem with your grades, please contact Mallory and me on Reggienet.  Also, be very cordial and respectful when you contact us. Accommodation Any student needing to arrange reasonable accommodation for a documented disability and/or medical/mental health condition, should contact Student Access and Accommodation Services at 350 Fell Hall at (309) 438-5853, or visit the StudentAccess.IllinoisState.edu. Religious Observance Reasonable and appropriate accommodations will be made if you have conflicts between religious observance dates, course examinations, and assignments. Please see me at the beginning of the semester to discuss any potential conflicts within the first 2 weeks of classes. 8

Absence due to Bereavement You are responsible for notifying the Dean of Students Office (DoS) prior to your absence. The DoS will communicate the absence and bereavement policy to me. Ultimately, you are responsible for all material covered in class and must work with me as soon as you return to complete any required work. DoS at (309) 4382008. (http://policy.illinoisstate.edu/students/2-1-27.shtml) Extended Illness Contact the DoS or its website about this policy. Academic Honor Please observe the University Academic Honor Code, as it is published in the Bulletin and the Student Handbook. I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility. —Talib Kweli

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What We Will Do Each Week Reading assignments are to be completed by the beginning of the class for which they are assigned Subject to changes Date

Today’s Lesson

INTRO T January 11 ZOOM TH January 13 ZOOM

Syllabus, Expectations, Embodied Listening

What is Black Music? Class-Video: Say it Loud! Embodying Soul People: Description and Guidelines

T January What is Black Music? 18 African Root and Routes ZOOM Work songs/Field Hollers

TH January 20 ZOOM

What to complete before class

Work songs/Field Hollers Black Music sampling Group Projects: Description and Guidelines

I am Proud of My Ancestors: They Overcame (Pgs. 1-24) Homework Due by 10:50 am Questions 1-5 (Pg. 44) Questions 1-3 (Pg. 45) Reading (pp. 7-10)

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T January What is BLK Music? Black Music Elements 25 INPERSON ONWAR DS Black Music Sampling TH WORKDAY 1 (Groups) January 27 T Why the Blues? February 1

TH February 3

What is the blues? Musical Elements Blues Pioneers Listening

T February 8 TH February 10

Blues Pioneers Listening Classic Blues “Ain’t I A Woman?” Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom on Netflix.

Reading (pp. 7-10) Reading (pp. 11-12) Assignment Due: TEDx Walking Due by 10:50am

Reading: “Primitive Blues” (pp. 17-25) Due: Online Video Quiz 1: The Land where the Blues by 10:50 am Questionnaire On-line Reading (pp. 26-29) Due in Class: Homemade Diddley Bow

Reading (pp. 30-35, 3646) Due: Online Video Quiz 2: Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues by 10:50 am. Questionnaire On-line Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith

T February 15 TH17

Blues’ Pioneers

Reading (pp. 30-35, 3646)

Turn of the Century

Reading (pp: 51-62, 63-

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Ragtime Early Jazz Required Concert 1: Walking with My Ancestors: Cape Coast Castle (One-woman performer) Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=tmECNNimCJs

66) Due: On-line Video Quiz 3: Ethnic Notions by 10:50am. Questionnaire On-Line

Kemp Recital Hall 7-8:30 pm Confirmed. F18

Required Concert Walking with My Ancestors: Elmina Castle (Cast of 7 performers) Kemp Recital Hall 7-8:30 pm Confirmed

Sa19

Required Concert: Walking with My Ancestors: Elmina Castle Cast of 7 performers) Kemp Recital Hall 7-8:30 pm Confirmed

T 22

Early Jazz Listening Harlem Renaissance Required Concert: ISU Jazz Ensemble I and II Center for Performing Arts (CPA) 8:00-9:30 pm Confirmed

TH 24

Jazz’s Pioneers Buddy Bolden Satchmo Jelly Roll Morton

Reading (pp. 67-71) Reading (pp. 79-80) Reading (pp. 81-86) Florida Case (1 page)

Reading (pp. 74-78) I am Proud of My Ancestors: They Overcame (pgs. 25-32) 12

Homework Due by 10:50 am. Question 3 (pp. 45) MARCH Jazz Listening T1 WORKDAY 2 TH 3

R/B Musical Elements R/B Listening

T8

Spring Break

TH 10

Spring Break

T 15

In-Class Concert: Rhythm Blues/Soul

TH 17

Embodying Soul People 1

T 22

Embodying Soul People 2

TH 24

Embodying Soul People 3

SU 27

Required Experiencing Gospel Music Attend Black Church in town

T 29

In-Class Gospel Music Workshop

TH 31

Soul Disrupters: Classical Music

APRIL F1

Required Concert: Jazz Festival Concert Center for Performing Arts (8:00-10:00 pm)

Sa 2

Required Concert: Jazz Festival Concert Center for Performing Arts (8:00-10:00 pm) Time is not confirmed.

Reading (pp. 81-86, 8794)

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T5

TransAtlantic Conversations: Reggae

Who is Alpha(rita) Constantia Anderson

TH 7

TransAtlantic Conversations: Afro beats

Fela Anikulakpo-Kuti?

T 12

Hip Hop/Rap Alicia Garza: “Black Lives Matter” Colin Kaepernick, Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, etc. “I Can’t Breathe”

I am Proud of My Ancestors: They Overcame (pgs. 33-43) Homework Questions 5-6 Due by 10:50 am (pp. 45)

Liberatory Politics—Hip Hop TH 14

What is Rap/Hip Hop Musical Elements

Online Reading Due: On-line Video Quiz 4: Rap Music by 10:50 am. Questionnaire online

T 19

Group Projects 1

TH 21

Group Projects 2

T 26

Hip Hop Feminism

TH 28

Hip Hop/Rap Listening

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