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Music & Blackness in Morocco

November 17, 2021 at 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Location:ZOOM Online
Cost:Free
Audience:Alumni, Anyone, 杏吧原创 Community, Current Students, Faculty, Media, Prospective Students, Staff

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In this groundbreaking book, Cynthia J. Becker addresses the historical consciousness of subaltern groups and how they give Blackness material form through modes of dress, visual art, religious ceremonies, and musical instruments in performance.聽Blackness in Morocco聽complicates how we think about the institution of slavery and its impact on North African religious and social institutions.

Cynthia J. Becker is associate professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Boston University. She is author of聽Amazigh Arts in Morocco: Women Shaping Berber Identity. Her writing has been published in many journals and edited volumes, including聽Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa.

Cynthia Becker will be in conversation with 聽(U of Toronto) and Carolyn Ramzy (杏吧原创 University)