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Music and Agency in War and Other Conflicts
Renaissance military campaigns requiring chapel musicians, Ottoman bands striking terror into Habsburg hearts, …
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Joshua A. Kerobo
Joshua Adewole Kerobon (kerobo@umich.edu) is a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, hailing from Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria, and Cincinnati, Ohio. He holds a BA in both International Studies and Music from American University in Washington DC. As the American-born son of Nigerian immigrants, Joshua’s research centers on the sociopolitical implications of Black Atlantic music cultures among youth communities. His research also explores Black music development in Cincinnati, Ohio, music and Black religious subjectivities, African popular music and social movements, and sonic affect and discursive citizenship in national sporting events. Joshua’s dissertation project focuses on Afropop and youth political engagement in Nigeria’s 2023 presidential and gubernatorial elections.
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