Fatima El Shibli
Biographic Data
| ID | 1593381 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fatima El Shibli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fatima |
| FAMILY NAME | El Shibli |
| SIGNATURE | EL SHIBLI F |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Islam and the Blues
Many enslaved Africans brought to the United States during the transatlantic slave trade were Muslims. Although eventually stripped of their beliefs, customs, and traditions in the New World, their religious faith would play a seminal role in the creation of a new music genre: the blues.This article argues that when comparing the early blues to the musical practices of Islam, the Islamic influences on the blues are strikingly evident
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Islam and the Blues
Many enslaved Africans brought to the United States during the transatlantic slave trade were Muslims. Although eventually stripped of their beliefs, customs, and traditions in the New World, their religious faith would play a seminal role in the creation of a new music genre: the blues.This article argues that when comparing the early blues to the musical practices of Islam, the Islamic influences on the blues are strikingly evident
Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Blues (1 work) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (1 work) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 work) · Faith (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Islam (1 work) · Islamic culture (1 work) · Literature (1 work)