Born Coloured: not 'Born-free'
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Abstract
I to delve into my experience as a so-called ‘Coloured’ in post- Apartheid, democratic South Africa. I dissect my experience and created music centred around important themes. These themes included ‘transformation’, ‘the coloured identity’, ‘the coloured and black relationship’ and ‘the coloured mentality’. My aim is to inspire and create a sense of hope, empowerment and unity in the South African experience, rather than alienating with a radical political approach. The compositions draws musically from traditional South African styles such as the Ghoema/Cape Jazz and Marabi music as well as modern African music idioms such as Gqom (a style of ‘house’ music), kwaito and hip-hop.
Publication Date
7-1-2019
Campus
Boston Campus
Recommended Citation
Jephta, Benjamin. “Born Coloured: not 'Born-free'.” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2019. https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-global-jazz/64.
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Project Components: paper (.pdf), presentation (.pdf), audio files (ZIP file containing 4 .wav files), scores (ZIP file containing 4 .pdf documents), video (.mp4).