VOCAL STYLISTICS IN AFRICAN MUSIC (AND ITS DIASPORA)

Topic: VOCAL STYLISTICS IN AFRICAN MUSIC (AND ITS DIASPORA) BIO: Kesler Bien-Aimé, PhD. Professor Bien-Aimé is a lecturer and researcher at the State University of Haiti and holds a doctorate in ethnology and heritage from the Department of Historical Sciences of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Université Laval. Photographer and Culture Program Specialist at the Haitian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO, he is a researcher at the Languages Laboratory. Speech. Representations (LADIREP). His research interests focus on 1. the governance of heritage and cultural projects; 2. The dynamics of patrimonialization and appropriation of places of history and memory in the context of postcolony. Title: Racine music: Profile of a Recovered Protest By Kesler Bien-Aimé, Ph D. Ethno-sociologist of heritage sciences, Université Laval Teacher-researcher: LADIREP, P-HMP | UEH The Haitian musical landscape of the second half of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century has suffered the political and social turbulence of the Duvalier era and after. However, if these tremors have favored the valorization of Vodou music, they have modified urban musical practices. The changes recorded in the political field of the time were accompanied by a social demand for an art of protest. Very often mimetic, all forms, all musical genres in Haiti were then questioned. Exploring other music, they sought to [re]position themselves as the mouthpiece of the protesting "people". BIO: Dr. Ezin Pierre Dognon is a professor of music at the academy of Aix-Marseille University, a doctor in music and musicology (University of Aix-Marseille, 2023) and a graduate of an MBA in Cultural Mediation with a specialization in Management of Music, Festivals and Heritage. Also a slam artist known under the pseudonym Myster Ezin, he is the author of the album EspoirS, which explores social and cultural themes through committed poetry. Born in Benin, he draws on its rich cultural mosaic to enrich his research and teaching practices. Currently enrolled in the student-Entrepreneur University Diploma in the Pépite Provence - Booster+ system at the Faculty of Economics of Aix-Marseille University, he is working on accelerating his entrepreneurial project centered on music and literature. Its approach integrates the transmission of knowledge, the promotion of cultural diversity and the design of innovative projects dependent on art, research and entrepreneurship. Vocality and identity: Pépé Oléka, a voice of Afro-diasporic music Abstract The voice occupies a central place as an aesthetic and identity element in Afro-diasporic music. This communication is part of a transdisciplinary perspective, combining musicology, sociology of cultural practices and vocal aesthetics, to analyze vocal stylistics based on the corpus of Pépé Oléka. BIO: Journalist, critic and producer, Jacques Epangue has been working for the past ten years on the exhumation of the ritual schemes conveyed by the artistic productions of traditional Africa. His current work on the paths of the African harp highlights the transformations undergone by this instrument in the course of the migrations of enslaved black peoples. He is also the bearer of a project on art as a vector of transformation in African urban space. ABSTRACT: -- THE POETIC LYRICISM IN AFRICAN FOLK TALES AN ANALYSIS NGOSO SONGS FROM DUALA PEOPLE. By investing in traditional singing poetry from the duala people of Cameroon, an idea of modest lyricism emerges which is opposed to Western perception. This is because generally in this so-called African space, we discover epic societies in which shame and weakness are vices of the soul. By studying “ngoso”, a traditional folk rhythm by the duala the aim was to show how in traditional African societies singular rituals of expression of passion and affection developed. without offending the morality of a world which abhors vice and ostentatiousness. #research #caribbean #music #scholar #africa #black #meagansylvester #afro #recherche #investigacion #musica #chercheur #trinidad #tobago #queenscollege #professor #caraibes #musicology #sociology #anthropology #ethnomusicology #NewYork #talk #conference #USA #Calypso #Ragga #Soca #identity #cultures #resistance #popularmusic #musicsociologist #author #cameroon #journalist #podcaster #trinidadandtobago #Steelpan #kaisoJazz #AfricanDiaspora #CaribbeanStudiesAssociation #AssociationofBlackSociologists #vocalist #voice #polyphonies #polyrhthmics #nyc Host: Gino Sitson, PhD This exploration delves into the multifaceted nature of vocal expression: from the precise mechanics of articulation and diction to the emotive power of declamation and the expressive freedom found in both spoken and sung forms. The voice transcends mere communication; it is a tool of liberation, a conduit for self-expression, and an outward manifestation of the inner self. Contact: [email protected] www.polyvocal.com