English @ SUNY Geneseo | Shannon Long | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/srl9/activity/ Activity feed for Shannon Long. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c8241bcf7f63ec4dc1b616acc7f82e03 Shannon Long wrote a new blog post Afrofuturism in Music in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10830/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 16:29:44 -0500 As we discussed in class, Afrofuturism in music is an interesting avenue to explore, with artists like Erykah Badu or Janelle Monae. After some searching, I found an episode of This American Life that discusses A […]

]]> 0 5c3e7a747af76b289f70ef2e21e63f39 Shannon Long commented on the post, On Tolson's "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia", on the site (Im)Possibilities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10684/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 03:55:12 -0500 Tolson’s lines that depicted a more modern Africa reminded me of our class discussion on the first day about the picture of the city street in Wakanda. Tradition was certainly present, but so was innovation, as it […]

]]> 0 4202c6007c395f1a6326c4a190f01f6c Shannon Long commented on the post, response week 3, on the site (Im)Possibilities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10681/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 03:41:06 -0500 I had the same question while reading this. Upon investigating, I found a lot of different answers for this, but I read a couple analyses where critics asserted that he chose this form because of “Libretto’s” […]

]]> 0 c39f91f6bc92c660241c27472d11eafa Shannon Long edited the blog post Music and Afrofuturism in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10680/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 03:27:59 -0500 A part of this class that has really interested me is music’s role in Afrofuturism. Before this class, all of my knowledge about Afrofuturism centered around Black Panther. The assertion that Dirty Computer by J […]

]]> 0 72b10ba0b7fd61e2a84979959526a5e5 Shannon Long wrote a new blog post Tolson's recognition of history and the future in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10581/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:26:38 -0500 Although it is hard to understand at times, The Libretto for the Republic of Liberia is a condemnation of Western colonialism and imperialism and a celebration of Libera as an African nation. The first stanza […]

]]> 0 656228dc8d86bc701681555d725471c7 Shannon Long edited the blog post Hegel as a "villain" in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10435/ Sun, 02 Sep 2018 20:26:00 -0500 When presented with the Hegel reading, we were cautioned that Hegel would serve as the “villain” in our talks about Afrofuturism. After having read the excerpt, it is clear that Hegel is the “villain” due to his […]

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