Music of North Africa (MUS-0042)

Spring 2024 · MUS 0042 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Survey of North African music cultures, focusing on cultural politics, social contexts, and performance practice. Topics may include musical practices associated with healing rituals of the sub-Saharan diaspora; Amazigh (Berber) rights movement; rap and the Arab Spring; nationalism and the Arab-Andalusian historical memory; Islamic and Jewish mysticism; migration and the world music market.

Course codes: MUS-0042, MUS 0042, MUS0042, MUS-42, MUS 42, MUS42

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