Bob Davis (EARTHJUICE@prodigy.net)
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 19:47:20 -0500
The Blues started at the precise moment that the slave ships left the coast
of Africa!
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----- Original Message -----
From: BAO <tunde@arches.uga.edu>
To: Leslie Shill <l_shill@hotmail.com>
Cc: <nnine@yahoo.com>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: African info?
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Leslie Shill wrote:
>
> > I hear what you are saying and on one level it does seem that today's
> > performing African musicians are seemingly not very influential in terms
of
> > contemporary music but that some how misses the point. The Blues came
out of
> > Africa, North-west Africa to be precise and without the blues, so much
of
>
> how did blues come out of africa? Im interested in hearing.
>
> On another note
> I think a distinction we need to make is if people think that there is a
> difference between impact of africans and impact of african americans. i
> think at least within this century there is definitly a difference.
>
> N.B. I am Nigerian so dont pull wool over my face.
>
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