Volume 3 Number 2: Diaspora

Music has a way of captivating our hearts and communicating universal truths. However, did you know that music can serve many purposes? I…

The song adios Florencita Blanca uses the many different traits such as short simple melodies, percussion instruments and call and…

Bashment also known as dance hall has grown since it emergence in the mid 1980s to be the most popular genre of reggae music, both within…

Today, Calypso music is often considered the “music of the Caribbean” (Liverpool). Like most music of the “African Diaspora,” Calypso’s…

Waltz music is a prominent musical genre in many countries around the world. Its purpose, along with having music that is calming and easy…

Amara Foster

The Bahamas is a beautiful place with nice relaxing music, and breathtaking visuals. Although, there would be no people there due to…

When thinking about music, often times we think of other things that accompany it, such as singing, dancing, relaxing, or even studying…

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, a double-island nation of more than one million people, is a culturally diverse society. Its…

Many songs use different musical traits to establish different theories that connect their context to their musical traits. In the song…

“Is This Love?” by Bob Marley correlates to the African heritage by its use and demonstration of storytelling throughout the song by the…

Chicha music began in Peru in the 1960s, growing out of the cumbia genre of music popular in Colombia at the time.1 Chicha incorporates…

The musical trait im choosing to focus on is the rake and scrape style used in the Bahamas. Rake-and-scrape is a genre of music native to…

DRAFT: To begin, the Atlantic slave trade was an oceanic trade where African men, women, and children were taken from their home, and…