Hello readers, this is my last entry here for this class as it is finally time to do my reflection posts on this class. It has been a long and hard semester, but we have all finally made it and now get to enjoy a month off. First, I want to reflect upon my presentation … Continue reading Final Reflections
Understanding Nina Simone
Hello readers, sorry that I have missed a week, but I had to pick my battles, and with the semester coming to an end. I decided that doing a double posting session this weekend would be better for me, since this past week was very busy for me. With that said, this post is going … Continue reading Understanding Nina Simone
Westwind
Hello everyone, I hope your research projects and presentations are all coming along nicely. I have deeply enjoyed these blogs because I like to dig into Nina Simone’s music a lot, which I think has been super valuable to forming an argument for her work. Finding the less popular songs of hers that are equally … Continue reading Westwind
Simone’s “Images”
Hello again everyone, it is no surprise for me to say once again that I am writing about Nina Simone again. I am especially interested in her live performances, something that I addressed last week with her album from 1964, “In Concert”. I wrote last week about the two final songs from this album, “Go … Continue reading Simone’s “Images”
Go Limp
Hi everyone, I hope you are all having a decent winter so far and are staying warm. I’m going to talk about another Nina Simone song again, since I have been doing so much research about her and there is a ton of information for me to sort through. Something that I have been doing … Continue reading Go Limp
Blackbird
This week I am writing about the 1966 song titled “Blackbird” by Nina Simone. An interesting fact about the album that this song was released on is that it was released without her knowing because it was released by Colpix Records after she had already left and was making records with Phillips Records. This song … Continue reading Blackbird
Citing Black Women for What Matters
Hi everyone, this week, instead of generating a topic on my own, I have been given a topic, which is the Cite Black Women project. This is basically a call for academics to read the work of black women, for teachers to integrate it into their classroom syllabus, and to acknowledge and respect their intellectual … Continue reading Citing Black Women for What Matters
Backlash Blues
Hey everyone, so since we are on fall break now, I’ve generally been just relaxing and listening to more music, and one song that I found that really stuck out to me is the song “Backlash Blues” by Nina Simone. As I’ve stated, she is what I am interested in doing my research project over, … Continue reading Backlash Blues
Simone’s “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”
Hi again everyone, so now that I have generally narrowed down the realm in which I will be writing my capstone project about, I am going to take the weeks that I have available for the remainder of these blogs to throw out the topics that I will be researching. Two weeks ago, I wrote … Continue reading Simone’s “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”
Octavia Butler
Hello again everyone, this week we are talking about the topic of afrofuturism. Afrofuturism is a way of seeing the future through the lens of an African culture. The term was first put in Mark Dery’s essay written back in 1993 about combining the African diaspora with types of literature that imagine alternate realities. Therefore, … Continue reading Octavia Butler
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