Musicality in African American Literature

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We will be looking at the connections between music and musicality within African diasporic literature in the United States from luminaries such as Du Bois, Baldwin, Morrison (etc) to influential Black musicians in the United States such as Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway, Moses Hogan, and via genre from gospel to jazz, even hip hop and soul. This course seeks to find connections between the two artistic disciplines as it relates to African American literary expression.