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* Islamic history | * Islamic history | ||
** Umayyads in Spain | ** Umayyads in Spain | ||
** Berber empires | ** Berber and Arab empires of North Africa | ||
*** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almoravid_dynasty al-Murabitun] (Almoravids) | *** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almoravid_dynasty al-Murabitun] (Almoravids) | ||
*** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almohad_Caliphate al-Muwahhidun] (Almohads) | *** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almohad_Caliphate al-Muwahhidun] (Almohads) | ||
*** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saadi_dynasty Saadi dynasty] | |||
* [http://archnet.org/authorities/2872 Paul Bowles | * [http://archnet.org/authorities/2872 Paul Bowles | ||
** [http://archnet.org/collections/872 overview] | ** [http://archnet.org/collections/872 overview] |
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Syncretism from an Islamic perspective: spirit propitiation/healing groups and practices combining Islamic and sub-saharan Africa: Gnawa and Zar
Tuesday (10a)
GNAWA
Due
Read/listen/browse the “Gnawa Stories” website: https://www.ibiblio.org/gnawastories/
Be prepared to outline the history and rituals of the Gnawa in class.
Using jstor locate one recent scholarly article about Gnawa or Gnawa music, including:
- Gnawa history
- current ethnography of Gnawa, their social life, rituals and music
- Gnawa folklorization, festivalization, popularization, fusion, locally and globally
Lcate some relevant online media.
Prepare to present your article and media in class by:
- summarizing the content, illustrated with an online example or two (video, audio, image, map...)
- offering a critique in light of the “Gnawa stories” website, and what you have learned about music and Islam in the course thus far. Feel free to raise questions as much as answering them - standard practice for a critique.
Submit a one-page summary/critique of your article (along with the article's title/author/date) on eClass 10a. Please do this before class so that I can access the materials for your in-class presentation.
Class
Intro to Gnawa
- West African history: general timeline; art timeline; West African timeline, empires of West Africa (BBC); Basil Davidson on Empires of Gold
- Islamic history
- Umayyads in Spain
- Berber and Arab empires of North Africa
- al-Murabitun (Almoravids)
- al-Muwahhidun (Almohads)
- Saadi dynasty
- [http://archnet.org/authorities/2872 Paul Bowles
Gnawa fusions: jazz, funk, hiphop
- Randy Weston [2](jazz)
- Hassan Hakmoun: Gnawa fusion
- Sidi Yasser: Gnawa fusion
- Belikemuhammad: hiphop MC (Anas Canon?
Presentations as per above.