tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80441744925765888622023-11-15T07:26:27.154-08:00SyncopationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17360135150375185596noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044174492576588862.post-16364934161147087172015-06-03T04:43:00.001-07:002015-06-03T04:43:57.660-07:00<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 90%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Syncopation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-special-format: bullet;">•</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Syncopation definition: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In
music, syncopation involves a variety of rhythms which are in some
way unexpected which make part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the sound of the word
Syncopation and the thought of why I chose it, those who know me well will tell you about my love affair with jazz music.
They’d be right, syncopation is such a strong characteristic of what
jazz music represents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But
the word syncopation also carries
meaning in a different, more abstract way, it can mean a disturbance or interruption, something
unexpected. I like that connotation
because that is exactly what I hope to do with this blog. I hope to celebrate
and use art and creative work by Africans as a catalyst for conversations
around issues that are out of ordinary and unexpected, issues that deal with
identity and how it’s expressed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
ability of art to reflect both the blatant and unconscious state of a society has always been intriguing to </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">me,from</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
the Jazz Renaissance’s connection with the
American Civil Rights movement to </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fela</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kuti’s</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
criticism of the Nigerian government through his music, I always felt that
artists form the most reflective members of our society.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I want Syncopation to be my little “African
Art Hall of Fame”, but more importantly I want Syncopation to be a celebration and preservation of the African
artist and creative. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I
hope you’ll join me, as I reflect, congratulate and discover our continent’s
art heritage and what is says about who we are.</span></div>
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