Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum
Professor
School of Music
Office
Center for the Visual Arts - CVA 217F
Office Phone
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Biography
I am a Professor of Music, and an award-winning and nationally-recognized playwright and performer. I teach courses in Black Music, Ethnomusicology, and I direct the ISU drumming and dance ensemble.
Current Courses
139.001African Drumming And Dance Ensemble
154.001Black Music II
154.002Black Music II
239.001Ensemble (African Drumming And Dance)
439.001Ensemble: African Drumming And Dance
356.001Music And Societies: Introduction to Ethnomusicology
456.001Music and Societies: Introduction to Ethnomusicology
Teaching Interests & Areas
African American Music, Music in Captivity, Music of African Diaspora, Sensory Studies, Practice-led Research
Research Interests & Areas
Sensory Studies, Practice-led Research, Music in Slave Dungeons
PhD
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
Ellen T. Blaney Book Prize in Humanities
ISU College of Arts and Sciences
2023
University Outstanding Creative Activity Award
University
2020
Book, Authored
https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781648250446/walking-with-asafo-in-ghana/
Aduonum, A. Beautiful Little Girl: I Like Me!. Anchor Press Books, Ltd. (2020)
Aduonum, A. I Am Proud of My Ancestors: They Overcame. Anchor Press Books, Ltd. (2020): 59.
Book, Chapter
Aduonum, A. Entering the Lives of Others: Entangled Intimacies, Trauma, and Performance.. Sidra Lawrence and Michelle Kisliuk (EDs), Intimate Entanglements: Vulnerability in the Ethnography of Performance. University of Rochester Press (2023)
Aduonum, A. Entering the Lives of Others: Entangled Intimacies, Trauma, and Performance. Sidra Lawrence and Michelle Kisliuk (EDs), Intimate Entanglements in the Ethnography of Performance: Race, Gender, Vulnerability. University of Rochester Press, Boydell and Brewer
Journal Article
Aduonum, A. Walking as Fieldwork Method in Ethnomusicology. Frank Gunderson (EDs). Journal for the Society for Ethnomusicology 65.2 (2021): 221-258.
Ethnomusicology 65 (2):203-228--2021
Presentations
Bi Nka Bi: Finding, Celebrating, and Sustaining Our Authentic Selves as Artists, Scholars, and Instructors. Bi Nka Bi: Finding, Celebrating, and Sustaining Our Authentic Selves as Artists, Scholars, and Instructors. Center for Integrative Professional Development. (2023)
Creative Fictions and Silence. Society for Ethnomusicology. Society for Ethnomusicology. (2023)
Moving Away from Whiteness: The Musicologist of Africa as An Indigenous Scholar. International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD). (2023)
Moving Away in Silence. International Council for Music and Dance. (2023)
Music and Melanin at ISU. Black Heritage Ball. ISU Black Students Organization. (2023)
Walking with Asafo in Ghana: Book Reading and Talk. Book Reading and Talk. Milner Library. (2023)
Walking with Asafo: Decentering Music Research and Theory. Midwest Chapter for Ethnomusicology. (2023)
https://bfe2023.wordpress.com/our-keynote-speaker/
Who will Sing for their Feet. Practice-based and practice-led reseatch. University of Virginia. (2021)
Decolonization and Afro-Feminism. Decolonization and Afro-Feminism. Institute of African Studies Readings Decolonization. (2020)
Grants & Contracts
Walking with My Ancestois. School of Music. Illinois State University. (2022)
Walking with My Ancestors. Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Illinois State University. (2022)
Walking with My Ancestors. Unitarian Universalist Churcn Social Justice Fund. Private. (2022)
Walking with My Ancestors Black History Month Celebration. College of Fine Arts. Illinois State University. (2022)