WHY I CREATED THIS BLOG
First, I love the “silos” theme and layout. Let’s me play with pulling together things that are usually set apart into silos in the study of ppl of African descent and their music. Why are there no commercial African American radio stations that feature segments on African music? Why are the a half a dozen programs in ethnomusicology that feature African drum and dance but only 1-2 programs in African American music? And I don’t mean jazz ensembles or jazz programs.
I created this blog with Tumblr so I could capture & record my thoughts & concerns as well as the sounds and images of music, race & the African diaspora particularly from the perspective of being African-American. I’m black women with heritage in Maryland and Virginia. No Caribbean roots. No knowledge of what part of Africa my ppl came from. Got my Ph.D. from Univ of Michigan. You know, the insitution sued over reverse discrimination. They were succeeding at their diversity mission.
