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FINAL EXAM TIME: Tuesday Dec 14 2-4pm; Earth Science Ctr 1050
Final Exam Large Essay Questions
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ATTENTION: Will the student who wrote the paper on Vande Mataram by Allah Rakha Rahman please contact me? You left your name off the paper.
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Class Vocabulary Lists
FOR THE FINAL
Week 12: Global Hip Hop
Appropriation
Hybridization
Globalization
sampling
MC Solaar
Week 11: Japan: J-Pop, et cetera
Meiji Restoration
Enka
Idol Boom
Shibuya-kei
Techno-pop
J-pop
Okinawa
Pentatonic scale
Noise music
Week 10: Zimbabwe: Chimurenga
Chimurenga
Thomas Mapfumo
Oliver Mtukudzi ("Tuku")
hosho
mbira
deze
bira
musha
interlocking
kushaura
kutsinhira
Week 9: South Asian (East Indian) Diaspora: Bhangra
Bhangra
Diaspora
Dhol
Boliyan
turban
Ghidda
Punjabi/Punjab
Sikh
Nach
chimta
nThe
chimta is a set of bells on a metal slapper (kind of like
sleighbells), sometimes used in bhangra.
The lute-like instrument is called an Ektara.
View the powerpoint for the Bhangra Lecture
Week 8: South Africa: "Mbube" and Isicathamiya
mbube
isicathamiya
apartheid
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Solomon Linda
a capella
Zulu
blackface minstrelsy
Week 7: Latin Diaspora: Salsa
salsa
clave
guaracha
son
son clave rhythm
Tito Puente
Celia Cruz
FOR THE MIDTERM
Week 5: Ghana & Nigeria
highlife
juju (genre)
juju (instrument)
talking drum
clave
King Sunny Ade
Week 4: Turkey
Arabesk
gecekondu
"Arabesk Debate"
bağlama
Week 3: Jamaica
Mento
Ska
Rock Steady
Reggae
Dancehall
Dub
Ragga
sound system
Rastafarianism
Week 2: Indian Film Music
Cassette Culture
Bollywood
Week 1: Introduction & Argentina: Tango
ATTN: Music Vocabulary Term sheet now available on ERes
Imperialist nostalgia
tango
bandoneon