The African Aesthetic in World Creativity
@article{Frederic2007TheAA, title={The African Aesthetic in World Creativity}, author={Gerald J. Frederic}, journal={Journal of Black Studies}, year={2007}, volume={38}, pages={130 - 141} }
With a focus on the African aesthetic in the context of world creativity, this article explores the conception of “vibrational affinity dynamics” formulated in Anthony Braxton's Tri-Axium Writings. From an African-centered position that exposes the historical and cultural interconnectedness of all modes of knowledge in world culture, Braxton's conceptual tools are examined in conjunction with a critique of the negative implications of Western culture that are associated with the tendency to…
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