April 28, 2021
Melissa Parkhurst will present a Common Reading talk on “Song Gives Birth to Struggle: Music and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa” at today at noon.
Parkhurst, a faculty member in the WSU School of Music and the 2021 awardee of the WSU Faculty Diversity Award, will use examples from several South African music traditions to explore the ways in which music sheds light on the indigenous cultures and the process of colonialism and post colonialism. These examples will include early South African jazz (marabi), a cappella music performed by migrant workers (isicathamiya), and numerous genres that emerged during the anti-apartheid strugges, 1948-1994.
April 27, 2021
Melissa Parkhurst will present a Common Reading talk on “Song Gives Birth to Struggle: Music and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa” at noon on Wednesday, April 28.
Parkhurst, a faculty member in the WSU School of Music and the 2021 awardee of the WSU Faculty Diversity Award, will use examples from several South African music traditions to explore the ways in which music sheds light on the indigenous cultures and the process of colonialism and post colonialism. These examples will include early South African jazz (marabi), a cappella music performed by migrant workers (isicathamiya), and numerous genres that emerged during the anti-apartheid struggles, 1948-1994.
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