Thursday, May 19, 2021, 12PM PDT
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Renowned scholar of West African popular music John Collins (Uni Ghana-Legon) illuminates the 400-year-old musical circuits linking Africa to its American diasporas. 7x Grammy winner and UCLA prof. Arturo O'Farrill explores its impact on Latin music, UCLA prof. Scot Brown brings in the funk, UCI dance prof. S Ama Wray links the music to dance, and UCI historian Rasul Miller looks at returning musical diasporas. Moderated by Mark LeVine.
This event is co-sponsored by Global Jazz Studies, UCLA; the department of History UCI; Global Middle East Studies, UCI
