MUS 213 Fight the Powers That Be: Music and Social Activism
Music plays important roles in social activism by galvanizing community, highlighting problematics in systems of power and social injustice, and inspiring action. This course examines the relationship between music and activism in various periods and cultures, including in the twentieth-century labor and civil rights movements; Rock and the Vietnam War; Afro-Pop and post-colonial Nigeria; Indaba and “Nkosi Sikelel i-Afrika” in the fight against Apartheid in South Africa; and social activism in Hip-Hop and Rap.
Prerequisite
ENG 101 and any MUS course
Notes
This course satisfies the Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues area of the Gen Ed Program.