![]() ![]() There they took on new momentum, intermingling with each other and with New World or European styles of singing and dance. Since the Atlantic slave trade, ancient African organizing principles of song and dance have crossed the seas from the Old World to the New. ![]() Listening to rock, jazz, blues, reggae, salsa, samba, bossa nova, juju, highlife, and mambo, one might conclude that much of the popular music of the world is informed by the flash of the spirit of a certain people specially armed with improvisatory drive and brilliance. ![]() “… Introduction: The Rise of the Black Atlantic Visual Tradition by Robert Farris Thompson. ![]()
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