MI week 10

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 if possible.

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.

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

Presentations as per above.