Prompt Write an essay in which you utilize 3 elements of Kamau Brathwaites Notes on Caribbean Cosmology to analyze 1-2 music videos and 2 readings from the other texts t hat we have explored over the last month. Develop themes across these elements and texts to elaborate a broader cohesive argument about how the Caribbean Cosmology can help inform our understanding of African diasporic music videos, the Black Arts Movement, Black Womens Studies, Afro-Futurism, and/or Black Horror. Choose 3 of these Caribbean Cosmology elements: nommo, ananse, santeria/vodoun/pocoma, myal/obeah, divination, carnival, jouvert, gere, asafo, rites of passage, atumpan, nam Choose 1-2 of these African Diasporic Music Visuals: C hildish Gambinos This is America, Flying Lotus and Kendrick Lamars Never Catch Me, Spices Black Hypocrisy, Janelle Mones Django Jane, Solanges Losing You, Arcade Fires Reflektor, Arthur Jafas Love is the Message, The Message is Death Choose 2 readings from the selections below: Black Arts Movement readings: David Hendersons Keep on Pushing, Amiri Barakas KaBa, Sonia Sanchezs Woman, Maya Angelous Still I Rise Black Womens Studies readings: Toni Cade Bambaras Realizing the Dream of a Black University or The Lesson, June Jordans Life Studies, Audre Lordes For Assata or Between Ourselves or I Am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities, Assata Shakurs Assata: An Autobiography Afro-Futurism readings: LeRoi Jones Suppose Sorrow was a Time Machine, Octavia Butlers Speech Sounds, Walidah Imarishas Introduction to Octavias Brood Black Horror readings: Robin R. Means Colemans Introduction to Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to the Present, Shanna Collinss African and Caribbean Culture Is The Foundation of the Gothic Movement Requirements Length: First draft should be 3-4 double-spaced pages long, Final draft should be 5-6 double-spaced pages long. Format: Type work in Times New Roman 12-point font, save as a Word or PDF file, print on 8.5 by 11 white paper, use 1 margins on each side, and follow MLA citation. Spell-check and proofread your work. Include a creative essay title and Works Cited page for the Final Draft. Argument: Essay should have a focused argument with a distinctly articulated thesis statement that is elaborated throughout. Paragraphs should address the themes in relation to the texts. Paragraphs should be clearly organized with topic sentences, original critical ideas that connect with each other, and supporting quotations from sources.
