*YOU CAN CALL ME ‘AL’*
(jolson?)
(aka “paul simon” in “blackface”)
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“oh wait…”
“close enough…”
“…at least it wasn’t ‘billy crystal’…”
“…or (god forbid) ‘woody allen’…”
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“from ‘mozart’ to ‘mahler’…”
(grimaldi! trussheim! dindinger! monetti!)
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(the traditional music of africa, given the vastness of the continent, is historically (‘ancient’ / ‘rich’ / ‘diverse’), with different regions + nations of africa having many distinct musical ‘traditions’)
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(‘traditional music’ in most of the continent is passed down orally (or aurally) and is not ‘written’)
(in ‘sub-saharan african music traditions’, it frequently relies on percussion instruments of every variety, including ‘xylophones’, ‘drums’, and tone-producing instruments such as the ‘mbira’ or “thumb piano”)
(the music and dance of the ‘african diaspora’, formed to varying degrees on african musical traditions, include ‘american music’ and many ‘caribbean’ genres, such as ‘soca’, ‘calypso’ (see ‘kaiso’) and ‘zouk’)
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(be sure to rattle off these names as mockingly as possible)
(‘latin american’ music genres such as the…)
‘bachata’
‘danzón’
‘samba’
‘rumba’
‘salsa’
‘tango’
‘cumbia’
‘bomba del chota’
‘mambo’
‘merengue’
‘reggae’
‘compas’
‘milonga’
‘son’
‘guaracha’
‘punta’
‘cha-cha-cha’
‘plena’
‘conga’
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(*and other clave (rhythm)-based genres)
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(also rooted in the music of ‘enslaved africans’, and have in turn influenced “african popular music”)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥