I plan on doing my research paper on the musical traditions of African American Slaves. I plan to include how music was used in storytelling, religious worship, and everyday life. I will relate this to Cion by discussing Abednego's passion for drumming, Mr. Farfield's outlawing of drumming and percussion, and the slave songs (spirituals) that the slaves sing as they work. I will use some of the same sources from the storytelling and folklore presentation that my group gave, all of which are on the blackboard Cion wiki. I may also relate events from the "current" time section of Cion, such as Orpah's sitar and Toloki's wails, to slave traditions. I feel that I can write a very effective research paper on th topic. It is broad enough to have some varied content, but narrow enough to keep my paper focused.