AFAM 55 - From Funk to Hip Hop

Recent Professors: Peace And Love B. El Henson, Sonya Nzingha Dugas, Dorian A. Brown
Recent Semesters: Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025
Class Size: 45 students
Difficulty: 8.4Heavyout of 10
Credits: 3
Spring 2027 Sections: View Spring 2027 sections of AFAM 55
Transfers To: UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · Cal-GETC Area 6 · IGETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area C1 · CSU GE Area F · UCTCA Area 3A · UCTCA Area UC-H · UCTCA Area UCTCA · UCTCA Area 7 · UCTCA Area 6
Description: ESL 188 Explores African American culture as reflected through theories of race and ethnicity and the aesthetics and politics of Black popular music from the Black Awakening of the 1960s to Hip-hop. Provides an understanding of how Black music forms have impacted and rep- resented African American social consciousness, struggles, resistance, and racial justice. UC/CSU
Usually Held: Mon Wed 1:10pm–2:40pm, Mon Wed 2:10pm–4:15pm, Tue Thu 2:10pm–3:30pm, Tue Thu 2:10pm–3:40pm