The political meanings in music.

Usually we don't think about a relation betwen music and politic. They seem to be diferent kind of thing, but that is not like that. There are diferents relations betwen music and politics, specially when we are talking about African American Music. Think about the begining of African American Music: the slavery. There is a lot of politic in there. With the time, the African American Music had became in a cultural identity for the African American people. So, that kind of music does a especific part and function of the African American culture, and the politic does part of the African American culture as well. Among the history, the music became a tool for politic activism. Think about the "Black Power" and his consecuenses in the history of Hip-Hop and Rap as African American Music. Think about how many African American musicians supported the Black Panther Party in her music.

Here you have a video to see the political activism through the music and culture.

What Erykah Badu does is even a performance.

The most interesthing thing about this is the song Georgia in my mind. How a song by Hoagy Carmichael became an hymn and a symbol of national identiy? There is a lot of political things behind Georgia in my mind. Remember the segregation and Ray Charles.

Here is other song.