Literature Review
Literature Review
Clarify: Santigold on the reality of gender equality in the music industry
This video talks about how women in the music are not respected as much as they should. It also explains how the music industry is a male dominated industry, which disrespects and mistreat women as if they are rag dolls. Santigold explains her experience being an independent, multi skilled women in the industry.
One of Africa's best kept secrets - its history
In this review it explains how Africa is lost history is not known, especially to the people that have been affected by slavery and have lost their identity. It explains in-depth how Africa has a rich and complicated history but is not a known across the world. A British historian named Zeinab Badawi explores this is true and tries to explain why we have a lack of knowledge of our own history.It also talks about a few main facts of African history that needs to be known. She talks about the Great Pyramid of Giza and how that was one of the seven wonders of the Ancient world.Also talks about the kingdom of Kush, location, what was Kush prior to its downfall and why it’s now part of the Middle East. She also talks about how the kingdom is equally impressive and still remains after 3000 years later. Explains that some of the best examples of the untouched kingdom is in certain places such as Northern Sudan. She then goes in depth about different countries such kenya Middle eastern and more.
How Soul-Baring Black Women Are Challenging Music’s Fragile Male Egos
This review talks about how black females are challenging music industry which is the majority male dominated.Talks about how pain is a part of the making of music it is it is mostly romanticised. Talks about how a lot of popular and famous songs come from dark places of the artist. Allowing the artist to express their inner battles. A great sample is Mary J Blige, the majority of albums are based on pain for example classic album my life, share my world and many of how are the master works that were created by personal pain. In recent times similar music is being created shaping and reflect on their past regrets. Example artist like Beyoncé with her lemonade album, Solange with her song a seat at the table, and SZA With the song CTRL.Talks about how all the musicians And the creation of that music is moving to another direction, which is creating a cultural shift in the music industry. It talks about how we live in a society with a generation that talks about how women are suppressed and oppressed and are not respected fully.
In this review it later Ron talks about the musician J.holiday which talks about his rise to fame in the early to thousands and his recent downfall with his music. It also talks about how the rise of female artist with the feminist songs affecting The success of his songs as well as other male singers. It also talks about how J. Holiday believes that the rise of black women achieving so much success is a loss for black men. Talks about how R&B is majority are black woman dominated genre but it also disrespects and downgrades black females. It also says how hip-hop represents black female or coloured females as hoes and downgrading people. But when they see a rise a black female they see it more as a threat then a success.
In this review it later Ron talks about the musician J.holiday which talks about his rise to fame in the early to thousands and his recent downfall with his music. It also talks about how the rise of female artist with the feminist songs affecting The success of his songs as well as other male singers. It also talks about how J. Holiday believes that the rise of black women achieving so much success is a loss for black men. Talks about how R&B is majority are black woman dominated genre but it also disrespects and downgrades black females. It also says how hip-hop represents black female or coloured females as hoes and downgrading people. But when they see a rise a black female they see it more as a threat then a success.
A Conversation With Black Women on Race | Op-Docs
This video breakdown the issue of colorism inside the black community. It also gives deeper inside thought of the victims that have experienced racial attacks and discrimination in their country. This video also gives a opinion on a particular category of the black race, which is the darker complexion (Dark skin) females and what they had to experience from a young age. The women in this interview explains that black women experience different forms of racism, which is internal racism (colorism), and external racism. Internal racism or colorism is a form of discrimination which targeted mainly on people of a more darker complexion. This form of racism is more acted upon by the same race or ethnicity. Colorism mainly started when the western world or European countries colonized certain continents such Asia, Africa, America etc. They used colorism as a mental game for the colonized to hate one another. When slavery was introduced in America a lot of slave owners struggled to control their ‘slaves’, but in 1972 Willie Lynch a British slave owner in the west Indies made a speech on new methods that slave owners could use to control their slaves. One of the few methods he introduced was colorism in which they would colour and shade against each other (Dark skin Vs Light skin). External racism is the discrimination by other races and by the system they live in. This video also includes the stories appalling behavior these women have face on a daily.
The Souls of Black Folk Summary
This summary explains in brief Analysis of the book the soul of the black folk. The book was released in 1903 and is a brilliant work of African American literature. To this day this book still makes an affect and draws out valid points that we have to face on a daily basis. This book talks about the sociological state Of the African-American mental as well as physical. This Review talks about Break down what the book meant. It’s talks about how the author believes that the black race has to experience double consciousness to be accepted in today’s reality. Meaning that the African American citizen has two conflicting identities that can never be intertwined together. He breaks it down into two categories which are the black identity, and American identity. It breaks down that the difference between the American identity and the black identity is that, the black identity is the culture in which the African-American race is born into in which that identity is part of who they are as well as their culture. The American identity is was created to be a servant in the American system. Also talks about the racial lines how people of colour are affected by it.
Before chapter Brixton the meaning of progress. This chapter talks about how the author experiences of being a school teacher in the southern United States. You also talks about the progress in which the state he worked in.It talks about how the the progress of industrialisation will create the obsession of wealth.He says how the southern people who once lived in simplicity now Desire for wealth and materialistic living and state of mind, he believes that this is created by the progress of industrialisation. Also also talks about how the black man have the right skills that could benefit industrialisation but because of the mental state and the effect of slavery, there has to be different and new training programs that could benefit the education of African-American people, So they can be more independent and less reliable to the system.But also talks about how the development of the African American society in the south through religion and education can bring a lot of success in America, however the color line will affect how much success a black male or female can bring to its race. In the last chapter explain how the author personally account of his sons passing. He talks about how his son will never experience the evil of the color line but he was affected by tragedy which is much worse.
He talks about Alexander Cromwell He sacrificed his own life for his people, to education and religion. Even though his plan didn’t go the way he originally wanted he still for until death to gain equality for his people. At the end of the book the author gives a collective of gospel spirituals which give a glimpse of the past trauma and the hope of a great future.
Before chapter Brixton the meaning of progress. This chapter talks about how the author experiences of being a school teacher in the southern United States. You also talks about the progress in which the state he worked in.It talks about how the the progress of industrialisation will create the obsession of wealth.He says how the southern people who once lived in simplicity now Desire for wealth and materialistic living and state of mind, he believes that this is created by the progress of industrialisation. Also also talks about how the black man have the right skills that could benefit industrialisation but because of the mental state and the effect of slavery, there has to be different and new training programs that could benefit the education of African-American people, So they can be more independent and less reliable to the system.But also talks about how the development of the African American society in the south through religion and education can bring a lot of success in America, however the color line will affect how much success a black male or female can bring to its race. In the last chapter explain how the author personally account of his sons passing. He talks about how his son will never experience the evil of the color line but he was affected by tragedy which is much worse.
He talks about Alexander Cromwell He sacrificed his own life for his people, to education and religion. Even though his plan didn’t go the way he originally wanted he still for until death to gain equality for his people. At the end of the book the author gives a collective of gospel spirituals which give a glimpse of the past trauma and the hope of a great future.
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