ETHNMUS 136A

Music of Africa

Ethnomusicology · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Introduction to music of Africa through general discussion of select topics such as continent and its peoples, function, musician, instruments, musical structure and related arts, and contemporary music.

P/NP or letter grading.

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ETHNMUS 136A

ETHNMUS 237Seminar: African Music

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