'World Music' is amenable to study both as social and economic process (globalisation, resistance, etc), and as musical practice. Aims to engage in study of the latter without eschewing the former. Rephrasing the rhetorical question of the course name, prior to understanding what, if anything, might be 'world' about 'world' music, it may be first necessary to understand what is African about new African music. Examines the general style and specific contents of several musics, (eg. salsa, qawwali, Bulgarian 'folk', juju). Analyses the traditional music and social backgrounds which form the basis of such music, as well as the incorporation of musical features of western popular music. The specific studies will engage students in the development of a methodology for studies of non-Western popular music, and of transculturation.