Assignment Task: Watch this Video (duration 53 minutes). Focus and reflect on the concept of dissemination.
Video: The Language You Cry In.
Abstract:
"The Language You Cry In" tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for-and finds-meaningful links between African Americans and their ancestral past. It bridges hundreds of years and thousands of miles from the Gullah people of present-day Georgia back to 18th century Sierra Leone. It recounts the even more remarkable saga of how African Americans have retained links with their African past through the horrors of the middle passage, slavery and segregation. The film dramatically demonstrates the contribution of contemporary scholarship to restoring what narrator Vertamae Grosvenor calls the "non-history" imposed on African Americans: "This is a story of memory, how the memory of a family was pieced together through a song with legendary powers to connect those who sang it with their roots."
Release Date 1998
Publisher PlaceSan Francisco, CA
CopyrightCopyright © 2012. Used by permission of California Newsreel. All rights reserved.
PROMPT: What are some examples of the relationship between music and identity in this video? How important, in your opinion, is the dissemination concept in connection with the cultural heritage preservation and/or influence of African music in America. Need Assignment Help?
Your answer should be organized within a coherent 1-2 paragraphs: Minimum of 350-400 word count. In your narrative use the appropriate terminology, people, historical events and adequate (matching) musical examples.