Open AccessNina Simone
Author(s) -
Nicole Ashanti McFarlane
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hyperrhiz
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1555-9351
DOI - 10.20415/hyp/023.r08
Subject(s) - polyphony , reading (process) , interpretation (philosophy) , musical , politics , art , art history , humanities , literature , philosophy , linguistics , political science , law
In Nicole Ashanti McFarlane’s work, she reflects on the musical legacy of Nina Simone through a fittingly polyphonic reading of “Four Women,” in keeping with Simone’s interpretation of the many voices within black women’s political and artistic vocalizing.