Videos:
“The Art of Black Cultural Life” on YouTube
the link is : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK1HG9i7HzY
And the texts to Appiah, and Clarke and Thomas are attached as files.
the other two videos of Fela Kuti are: http://online.fiu.edu/videos/?vpvid=521787f8-666e-4dd7-a5fc-a9f226f8148c
and http://online.fiu.edu/videos/?vpvid=3230cc3822a64c1a808251017414f5d9
1. What was your introduction into Black cultural life? Did you identify with, agree or disagree with the comments Professor Ola Mohammed made in the video “The Art of Black Cultural Production”?
2. What does Kwame Anthony Appiah mean when he says, “authentic culture can be like peeling an onion”? Do you believe that “authentic culture” exists? Explain.
3. Explain globalization in your own words. What is the main argument that Clarke and Thomas are making about the relationship between race and globalization? Do you think that Afro-beat is a product of globalization? Explain.
4. Identify some of the main influences on Fela Kuti’s life and music. Do you think Fela appropriated African American music? Explain why or why not using examples.
5. Many popular TV shows feature teams who specialize in scientific analysis of crime scene evidence and data mining. As a result, some jurors have developed unreasonable expectations that sophisticated lab results will be introduced at trial. Commentators have called this the “CSI Effect.” In real life it is difficult for a prosecutor to meet these expectations because investigators rarely have the resources available on TV, many of the tests take much longer to produce results than depicted, and some of the tests would never be admitted at trial because they are still experimental. What can the prosecution do to prevent jurors from using the fiction they watch as a basis for what to expect at trial?
