Caitlin on the Move!

 After listening to all the options listed for this blog for about a half hour the one, I decided to go with is the music genre soul ! When I was listening to example songs of each genre this is the one, I felt more connected to.  Soul music is originated in the United States from the African American community in the 1950s and early 1960s the term soul music has associations with African American pride and culture. During the 60s soul music transformed into an umbrella term for African American music. While just going over The Blues in class last week and seeing how it formed into R&B Soul music is actually a combination of R&B and gospel music. The reason for Soul Music being affiliated with gospel music is because after slavery ended in 1865, African Americans weren't welcome in the churches of white Americans, so they built their own churches and sang Christian songs their own unique way. They sang joyful, up-tempo gospel songs while clapping and moving to the beat...

1. Sona Jobarteh - The Gambia Academy       As we spoke about Sona Jobarteh the other day in class, I found all that she has done very fascinating. Some of her background again was that she was born in London and first started playing the kora at the age of three. After years of learning from her brother it was until she was eighteen, she realized she wanted to make this something more serious. Now Sona is known as the first professional women kora player from one of the five principal kora playing griot families from West Africa.      As also mentioned in class she created The Gambia Academy in 2015 to educate young Africans in their culture, traditions, history and overall academic education. Sona emphasizes in this article I found Sona Jobarteh is Performing in The Gambia on March 4  - The Point  "Education is key to changing mindsets and enabling the journey to self-determination and economic self-sustainability". With the population of t...