AFAM 55 - From Funk to Hip Hop

    Recent Professors
    Peace And Love B. El Henson, Sonya Nzingha Dugas, Dorian A. Brown
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    45 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    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
    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