In 2013, Lynnée Denise coined the term DJ scholarship and traveled to Johannesburg to explore house music in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Upon landing she journeyed into the world of township funk, underground clubs and braai gatherings throughout the country. She worked closely with local DJs and a network of artists and scholars to organize events that focused on understanding the social and political landscape that gave birth to house music as a regional sonic movement and its connection to Black American music, politics and culture. The outcome of this diasporic adventure was a three-part mixtape series titled The Afro Digital Migration: House Music in Post-Apartheid South Africa. In this talk, DJ Lynnée Denise will discuss the series and offer an artist talk that incorporates a listening session and a deconstruction of the mixtape.

Organized by Professor Kimberly Juanita Brown, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing.

Click here to join the Zoom on Friday, April 2nd, 2 to 3:15 p.m.

Sponsored by African and African American Studies