Mellonee Burnim

Mellonee Victoria Burnim (an haife ta a shekara ta 1950) ƙwararriyar masaniyar kiɗan al'adu ce ta Amurka. Farfesa ce mai ƙwarewa a fannin kiɗan al'adun Afirka ta Amurka a Jami'ar Indiana Bloomington, wacce ta ƙware a fannin kiɗan bishara na Afirka ta Amurka, a baya ta yi aiki a matsayin darakta a Taskar Kiɗa da Al'adun Afirka ta Amurka .

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
Burnim ta girma a ƙauyen Teague, Texas a shekarun 1950 da 1960.  name=":0">  Ta halarci makarantu da majami'u na baƙar fata, inda ta rera waƙoƙin bishara . Lokacin da take da shekaru 12, Burnim ta kasance mai yin piano a ƙungiyoyin mawaƙa na coci guda uku daban-daban a cikin al'ummarta.

Burnim ta halarci Jami'ar Jihar North Texas, inda ta yi karatun digiri a fannin kiɗa tare da mai da hankali kan piano. A lokacin karatunta, ta ci gaba da buga piano ga ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta cocin Black Baptist a ranakun Lahadi.  name=":0">Campbell, Patricia Shehan (1995). "Mellonee Burnim on African American Music". Music Educators Journal. 82 (1): 41–48. doi:10.2307/3398885. ISSN 0027-4321. JSTOR 3398885. S2CID 143193014. Burnim ta ci gaba da kammala digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Wisconsin-Madison, tare da takardar digiri a kan waƙoƙi a cikin tatsuniyoyi na Mende .

An ɗauki Burnim aiki zuwa Jami'ar Indiana Bloomington don kammala karatun digirin digirgir na PhD sannan ta kafa ƙungiyar mawakan Afirka ta jami'ar a shekarar 1976.  Ta sami digirin digirgir na uku a fannin ilimin kiɗan al'adu a shekarar 1980, Campbell, Patricia Shehan (1995). "Mellonee Burnim on African American Music". Music Educators Journal. 82 (1): 41–48. doi:10.2307/3398885. ISSN 0027-4321. JSTOR 3398885. S2CID 143193014. tare da wani digiri mai taken Al'adar Waƙar Baƙar Fata: Alamar Ƙabilanci . 

 Sana'a 
Bayan kammala karatunta, Burnim ta ci gaba da karatu a Jami'ar Indiana, inda ta shiga sashen nazarin Afirka-Amurka (wanda yanzu haka yake sashen nazarin Afirka-Amurka da Afirka da ke zaune a ƙasashen waje ). Maultsby, Portia; Orejuela, Fernando; Stone, Ruth. "Mellonee V. Burnim". Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-11. Ta ci gaba da zama shugabar sashen.  Ta koma Sashen Al'adu da Kiɗan Kiɗa a 1999. Ta yi aiki a matsayin darakta a Taskar Kiɗan Afirka da Al'adun Afirka daga 2014 zuwa 2016. Ya zuwa shekarar 2017, Burnim tana da matsayin farfesa a fannin ilimi. 

An san Burnim a matsayin wacce ta fara bincike kuma ƙwararriya a fannin nazarin waƙoƙin bishara na Afirka ta Amurka. Maultsby, Portia; Orejuela, Fernando; Stone, Ruth. "Mellonee V. Burnim". Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-11.   Ta kasance mai bincike mai "ƙarfi"  wacce ta wallafa kuma ta yi lacca sosai kan tarihi da kuma ayyukan waƙoƙin addini na Baƙar fata.   

Burnim ta haɗa hannu wajen gyara littattafai guda biyu tare da abokiyar aikinta a Jami'ar Indiana Portia K. Maultsby : Waƙar Afirka ta Amurka: Gabatarwa (2006) da Matsaloli a Waƙar Afirka ta Amurka: Iko, Jinsi, Jinsi, Wakilci (2016). Ana iya samun tarin takardu da kayan gani na Burnim a cikin taskar Jami'ar Indiana.

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1950