Amina Norman-Hawkins is a music instructor at Columbia, in the Music Department. Norman-Hawkins teaches Hip-Hop: A Sonic History and African American Music Survey.
She is one of the founding faculty members of Columbia’s Hip-Hop Studies minor and the college’s “ManiFresh” event.
Norman-Hawkins discusses the importance of youth, community, culture and the roles that they play in hip-hop. Stressing the strong impact of hip-hop, Norman-Hawkins uses her passion to educate and inspire young creatives throughout Chicago.
