At large, of course it gives me great hope to read the way music is written about here. I don't know about the US and if there is a change at all but here in AU and I think of African diaspora accross borders everywhere, there is a modus operandi to be observed from the way its done here—personally myself, I have been very inspired 🖤
Catching up on my HH readings this morning, your post reminded me of these two quotes from 1903 on the Souls of Black Folk:
1. This book is indeed dangerous for the negro to read, for it will only excite discontent and race hatred and fill his imagination with things that do not exist, or things that should not bear upon his mind.” - Anonymous, Nashville American, 1903
2. “The Souls of Black Folk should be read and studied by every person, white and black. We cannot find the language to express our appreciation of this production, which from every point of view, can well be termed ‘a masterpiece.’ “ - Wendell Phillips Dabney, Ohio Enterprise, 1903
You are being kind with 40 years. Storytellers give us contextual and cultural intelligence needed yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Imagine 1903 having only one dominant culture critique of the Souls of Black Folk. We all need storytellers to connect to history, the head, and the heart. Keep writing!
“Purposeful obscurity” is such a beautifully apt phrase for that process
At large, of course it gives me great hope to read the way music is written about here. I don't know about the US and if there is a change at all but here in AU and I think of African diaspora accross borders everywhere, there is a modus operandi to be observed from the way its done here—personally myself, I have been very inspired 🖤
Catching up on my HH readings this morning, your post reminded me of these two quotes from 1903 on the Souls of Black Folk:
1. This book is indeed dangerous for the negro to read, for it will only excite discontent and race hatred and fill his imagination with things that do not exist, or things that should not bear upon his mind.” - Anonymous, Nashville American, 1903
2. “The Souls of Black Folk should be read and studied by every person, white and black. We cannot find the language to express our appreciation of this production, which from every point of view, can well be termed ‘a masterpiece.’ “ - Wendell Phillips Dabney, Ohio Enterprise, 1903
You are being kind with 40 years. Storytellers give us contextual and cultural intelligence needed yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Imagine 1903 having only one dominant culture critique of the Souls of Black Folk. We all need storytellers to connect to history, the head, and the heart. Keep writing!