Course curriculum

  • 1

    WELCOME!

    • Welcome to Thinkific, Roosevelt!

    • Some Thoughts on Why We Must Overcome Shame and Discomfort in the Performance of Early Africana Music

    • The Emancipation of Negro Music by R. Nathaniel Dett

    • Race, Blacksound, and the (Re)Making of Musicological Discourse (Matthew D. Morrison)

    • Basic Africana words for Early Engagement

    • A basic introduction to African American Vernacular English (AAVE)
  • 2

    "JUBA DIS N JUBA DAT!"

    • Juba History

    • Juba Audio Files

    • Pattin’ Juba tutorial

  • 3

    "AH GOT SHOES"

    • Howard Thurman's Heaven! Heaven! (Chapter 3 of The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death)

    • Ah Got Shoes (Downloadable Audio Files & Comprehensive Word Sheet)