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Griot Tradition As Remixed Through Hip Hop - Straight Outta Africa

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The Griot Tradition as Remixed through Hip Hop: Straight Outta Africa analyzes how Hip Hop, when seen through the lens of African connection, can be appreciated for its regenerative and connective power to create relationships between people both nationally and internationally.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Beat Goes On
Chapter 1: Hip Hop, Explained
Chapter 2: Down by Law
Chapter 3: The Drum Speaks
Chapter 4: The Power of Griots
Chapter 5: Sound Reasoning
Chapter 6: Gather Round: Understanding the Cypher
Chapter 7: Dancing with the Ancestors
Chapter 8: The Magic of Musical Ubuntu
Conclusion: And You Don't Stop.
Bibliography
About the Author


About the author

Frederick W. Gooding Jr. holds the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professorship in Humanities within the Honors College at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. He is the author of You Mean, There’s RACE in My Movie?The Complete Guide to Understanding Race in Mainstream Hollywood, American Dream Deferred: Black Federal Workers in Washington, D.C., 1941-1981, and, most recently, Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020). He has been previously featured in New York Times, Associated Press, USA Today, CNBC, CBS, NPR, Fox News, TIME Magazine, and History News Network.

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The Griot Tradition as Remixed through Hip Hop: Straight Outta Africa analyzes how Hip Hop, when seen through the lens of African connection, can be appreciated for its regenerative and connective power to create relationships between people both nationally and internationally.

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