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Lecture Video Segment 6: The Myth of Origin
"In the beginning there were no words. In the beginning there was the sound and they all knew what that sound sounded like." This statement comes from one of our greatest wordsmiths — Toni Morrison. Not light at the beginning, but a universe of sound: birds, wind, water and the human voice, a woman's voice, and depending on the teller of the tale, a black woman's voice. Musical excerpt: "VooDoo (Reprise)," sung by Cassandra Wilson with West African vocalist Angélique Kidjo on the CD titled "Traveling Miles." | |