I’m watching SABC news here in Cape Town and right now there is some live event going on in Johannesburg, and President Zuma is giving a lecture about Alfred Xuma who was a former president of the ANC and a political activist. I don’t really know too much about South African history, but in watching…
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Cultural Retentions
The transatlantic slave trade was really something, the way culture was retained in the harshest of circumstances, from food to instruments. I learned to play the berimbau as part of the Afro-Brazilian culture of Capoeira. I don’t know what they call this instrument in Burundi, but it is WILD what our ancestors endured and yet…
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5 Favorite Songs— So High: John Legend Redemption Song: Bob Marley Crazy: Gnarls Barkley You Rock My World: Michael Jackson Strange Fruit: Nina Simone Note: these are just the first few that come to mind-I love so much music and so many genres, I didn’t even include the chamber music and orchestrations that I love,…
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