Cultural Representations of Post-Coloniality

Class Schedule

Class Schedule, with links to many readings

Lectures

Nationalism, ethnicity, and religion in Africa (25-Sep)

Sep 25: Postcolonial ethnicity and syncretism. Christopher Waterman, "Our Tradition Is a Very Modern Tradition": Popular Music and the Construction of Pan-Yoruba Identity. Ethnomusicology, Vol. 34, No. 3. (Autumn, 1990), pp. 367-379.Yoruba music; ritual in Malawi (Music, film; West Africa, East Africa). Listen.

Highlife & Ghanaian nationalism

Yoruba identity in Nigeria

Post-colonial Christian influence in Malawi

Nation, religion, secularism (1-Oct)

Oct 2: Religion and freedom of expression. Marcel Khalife & Mahmud Darwish, "Ana Yusuf ya Abi". (music, documentary film; Middle East, Islam)

Links:

Summary of the issue on Marcel Khalife's own website

Read the poem behind the controversy.

Listen to the song behind the controversy.

Petition

More readings

• "Orientalism Definition"

• Orientalism Reconsidered, by Edward Said

Maps

Map of Ottoman expansion

Audio/Visual materials

Edward Said on Orientalism:

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Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4: