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Our Musical Legacy

Music has been the literal heartbeat of our collective struggles to reclaim our freedom, culture and history. From our initial separation from the Motherland to the periods of enslavement, colonization, revolution and reinvention, down to the present day, we have always been a musical people. In this section we will explore the artists, icons and memory makers who helped to sustain and inspire us.

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EPISODE O3

Jazz, Hip-Hop &
the Illusion of Genre

Featuring Dr. Cornel West

Iconic scholar, thinker and Grammy Award-winner, Dr. Cornel West joins Knarrative in part three of a series of conversations centered on the power of Black music in our historical freedom struggles. Dr. West discuss the links between Hip-Hop and Jazz, the powers of improvisation, and the illusion of genre.

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Previous Conversations

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Ep. 01 - Curtis Mayfield and Freedom Music

Dr. Cornel West joins Knarrative in part one of a series of conversations centered on the power of Black music in our historical freedom struggles. Prof. Hunter and Dr. West examine the musical legacy of Curtis Mayfield.

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Ep. 02 - The Revolutionary Legacy of Prince

Dr. Cornel West joins Knarrative in part two of a series of conversations centered on the power of Black music in our historical freedom struggles. Dr. West discuss the revolutionary legacy of Prince Rogers Nelson.

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Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology (Excerpt)

by Paul T. Nicholson and Ian Shaw (Editors)

Aimed primarily at Egyptologists and archaeologists, this book covers all aspects of craftwork in ancient Egypt, from the construction of the pyramids and the carving of statues to techniques of mummification, boat-building, jewelery making, ancient brewing, carpentry, hairstyling, tailoring and basket weaving. Drawing on archaeological, experimental, ethnographic and laboratory work, it is the first book since the 1920s to describe current research into the actual basics of life in Pharaonic Egypt

The Birds of Ancient Egypt (Excerpt)

by Patrick F Houlihan

The aim of this book is to provide a systematic survey of all the species represented in ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphs. In addition the birds' role in secular and religious life is examined and an attempt is made to compare present day range with that of antiquity.

Celestial Sphere in Ancient Egypt

by Dr. Mario Beatty

In reading the introductory hymn to the sun-god Ra in the Papyrus of Ani, attention of authors was immediately attracted by the Egyptian word psdw. Neither of the major dictionaries of the ancient Egyptian language (LESKO, 1982; FAULKNER, 1991; Woterbuch de ERMAN et GRAPOW (1926) have this word with the determinative of the sun. In this paper, they show that it is an astronomical term which means the celestial sphere. (ANKH ARTICLE: N°4-5, 1995-1996 (PP. 215 - 221)

The Nine Petitions of the Farmer Whose Speech is Good

Excerpt by Jacob Carruthers

“Does the Word in Africa have a proper meaning? Could a diachronic study of the Word in Africa be undertaken? What is the meaningful particularity of the African Word since the Egyptian Mdw Ntr (hieroglyphs) to Nommo, the Spoken Word of the Dogon of Mali? All these questions pertaining to History and Philosophy are carefully and thoroughly examined in this book. It is a great honor to recommend this book not only to the specialist but to all those interested in conducting research in African and African American studies.” –Prof. Theophile Obenga

The Eloquent Peasant

Excerpt by Miriam Lichtheim

First published in 1973, this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world’s earliest civilizations. Beginning with the early and gradual evolution of Egyptian genres, it includes biographical and historical inscriptions carved on stone, the various classes of works written with pen on papyrus, and the mortuary literature that focuses on life after death. It then shows the culmination of these literary genres within the single period known as the New Kingdom (1550–1080 B.C.) and ends in the last millennium of Pharaonic civilization, from the tenth century B.C. to the beginning of the Christian era.

Translating Wordplay in the Eighth Petition of The Eloquent Peasant: A New Interpretation

by Dr. Mario Beatty

A close philological examination of wordplay in line B I, 337/B2, 72 in eighth petition of The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant yielded a variety of different and plausible translations. This paper seeks to explain the state of ambiguity that hovers over translating this line, examine major existing translations, and provide a new translation and interpretation of this line. The paper attempts to prove that the elaborate wordplay in this line actually refers to Thoth. As a result, the sequential narrative mode of exposition that invokes the role of Maat is rendered more intelligible as juxtaposed against and distinguished from Thoth. The paper will conclude by discussing the implications of this new interpretation in the context of the eigth petition and the broader context of the narrative.

On the Source of the Moon's Light in Ancient Egypt

by Dr. Mario Beatty

In this article, the author shows that the Ancient Egyptians seem to have discovered that the moon shines, but it does not shine from light of its own. It is borrowed light from the sun. In revealing this observation in Ancient Egypt, the author focuses on the Great Hymn to Thoth on the statue of Horemheb and selects passages from the Book of Coming Forth By Day. Based on Ancient Egyptian astronomical observations in these texts, there is significant evidence to conclude that they definitively observed during the New Kingdom (1600 B.C. - 1080 B.C.) that the source of the moon's light derived from the sun. In concluding, he briefly highlights the importance of this discovery relative to the history of astronomy. (ANKH ARTICLE: N°4-5, 1995-1996 (PP. 163 - 177)

Our Musical Legacy

Jazz, Hip-Hop &
the Illusion of Genre

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Ep. 01 - Curtis Mayfield and Freedom Music

Ep. 02 - The Revolutionary Legacy of Prince

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Jazz, Hip-Hop & the Illusion of Genre

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Ep. 01 - Curtis Mayfield and Freedom Music

Ep. 02 - The Revolutionary Legacy of Prince

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