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.
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
- [http://archnet.org/authorities/2872 Paul Bowles
Gnawa fusions:
- Randy Weston [2](jazz)
Presentations as per above.