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A survey of select African derived musical traditions from the Caribbean, North and South America, and Africa.

Prerequisites: Upper-division standing.

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Units

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Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Upper division only

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AKUDINOBI J
Jude Akudinobi
3.4
87 reviews
Winter 2025 . Akudinobi J
NH 1105
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08:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Winter 2026 . Chapman D A
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11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
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3.4
blst152 . Akudinobi J 2 Years Ago

He's a great professor, but I wouldn't recommend him for anyone who isn't a decent writer.

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CLIT33 . Akudinobi J A Month Ago

Prof Akudinobi is a very enthusiastic and knowledgable lecturer. He is very willing to give students feedback and advice on writing.

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BLKST126 . Akudinobi J 2 Months Ago

Akudinobi is a great instructor and you can get a lot out of his classes as long as you actually read!! He's super funny & caring. Grade is mainly based on a take-home midterm and final plus 1 paper. Make sure you participate

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BLST33 . Akudinobi J 5 Months Ago

Can seem pretty daunting at first, but is a nice charismatic professor. Honestly didn't attend many lectures but the sections led by Miriam Burnett were great and super insightful, she's amazing. Be ready to do lots of reading and writing in this course but it's doable if you don't get behind.

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BLKST3 . Akudinobi J 8 Months Ago

I wish this class wasn't online this quarter (due to the fires and other reasons), but Dr. Akudinobi is an amazing professor. He does ramble in lecture, sometimes useful or just a story. He's hilarious and likes to joke. If you pay attention, skim readings, & do supplemental videos you'll do fine in this class. Only graded on final & midterm.

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BLKST3 . Akudinobi J 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

Don't bother taking if just for GE. Just rambles on for an hour for lecture, section is utterly useless and unless you get the good TA (Charlene) you're going to spend many hours on this class a week. Professor and TAs have no clue what they're talking about, this is just an abstract class with no rubrics or guidelines.

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