He currently serves as Associate Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Arkansas. Jeffrey Allen Murdock is internationally known as a conductor and clinician. Her book, More Auspicious Shores: Barbadian Migration to Liberia, Blackness, and the Making of the African Republic, explores continuities and mutabilities in Black experiences of freedom, citizenship, nationhood, and race across the Atlantic world was published by Cambridge University Press in May 2019.ĭr. She is a member of the University of Arkansas Teaching Academy and has been named a Master Teacher in Fulbright College. Banton teaches classes in Caribbean History, African Diaspora History, and the History of Race. Mellon Foundation Fellowship, the Lapidus Center Fellowship at the Schomburg Center, the Nancy Weiss Malkiel Fellowship, and the National Endowment for the Humanities grant. Her research has been supported by a number of fellowships and grants, including the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, the Andrew M. Much of her work also explores ideas of citizenship, nationhood, and race. Her research focuses on movements towards freedom, particularly abolition, emancipation, and colonization. She received a MA in Development Studies from the University of Ghana in July 2012 and completed her Ph.D. Banton earned a BPA in Public Administration and BA in History from Grambling State University in 2005. Caree Banton is an Associate Professor of African Diaspora History and the Director of the African and African American Studies Program at the University of Arkansas. Packed with great stories, insights, and just plain fun, this might be your new favorite way to learn more about art and The Dirty South.
#Dirty land dirty stick series#
Caree Ann Marie Banton, director of African and African American Studies at the University of Arkansas will host the series and join in conversation with an expert on each genre.Īfter each week’s session, we invite you to stick around and enjoy free live performances of each genre from 7 to 8 p.m. Each session will focus on a specific musical genre and its impact on and importance to Black culture. This month, we’re exploring three of the genres of music behind The Dirty South: gospel, blues, and hip-hop. Enjoy everything you wish college could be as you sip cocktails and dive deep into the week’s theme with fun and fantastic personalities. We invite you to join us for Art Buzz: a multi-part series packed with expert insight, great drinks, and a laid-back atmosphere. And we know you love a good night out-so we found a way to bring the two together. We the fox five gang, nigga's gettin' whacked snitcin' on mine (facts)īack it up, back it up.You know that music is a big part of The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, and you’re ready to dive deeper. Glock.40, Draco, know I'm ridin' round' nigga with the slime (slime) Gotta keep that shit 100 with you, never switch I'm the man's Lame ass nigga, (lame ass nigga) wanna be street nigga, sweet ass nigga, (sweet ass nigga) put on the plate eat nigga, you ain't bout it nigga, (you ain't bout it nigga) been in the street Please don't try to jump off the porch you too old now You ain't bout' what you talkin' bout', you can't hang out (hang out) Middle finger with the 5, zone 6 bitch that's where I hang out (ea)Īpartments, late night, where a motherfucker like to do them shootouts (slime)
Stupid motherfucker, in my pocket nigga, know I got my cash hangin' out (50's)īig.30 on that motherfucker, long ways know that bitch hangin' out (30's)īad bitch, late night, with the slime ball know she like to hang out I'm the type of motherfucker, nigga never had my hand out (never nigga) Go and get some money, gotta get some money, never hold your hand Gotta keep that shit 100 with you, never switch on your man's Nigga talkin' like he a real gangster put a stick on his ass Never fallin' off, do a nigga bad, rob him for his stash, do that Gotta' keep it cool, homie rob his ass quick