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Music in Postcolonial Africa - MHS2612

This is an undergraduate degree module, presented in English, with the following details:

• Semester module
• NQF level: 6
• Credits: 12
• Pre-requisite: MHS1512
• Recommendation: Students to complete MHS1512 or MHS1502 before they enrol for this module
• Purpose: Qualifying students will be introduced to histories of selected independence movements in Africa and their musical interconnections, debates on post-colonial thought, globalization, and technological influences on African music in the 20th and 21st centuries. Students will also be able to identify and discuss the characteristics of the various music genres studied in the module, and especially cross cultural, political, economic and religious influences.

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