The Nigerian Origins & Cuban Meanings Of The Word "Lukumi"
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides excerpts of selected online articles and discussion forum comments about the word "lukumi". Additional excerpts are from online introductions from Lukumi...
View ArticleCuban (Lucumi) Bata Drums (information & videos)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post provides excerpts from one article and one dictionary about Cuban (Lucumi) Bata Drums. This post also showcases five videos of Cuban (Lucumi) bata drums.The...
View ArticleHomage To Omar Mané - Senegalese (Balanta) lead singer of Njama Niaaba
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post provides showcases two videos of Omar Mané, the lead vocalist and composer for the Senegalese (Balanta ethnic group) musical group "Njama Niaaba". Omar Mané...
View ArticleFive Videos Of Traditional Balanta (West African) Music & Dance
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post provides showcases five videos of traditional Balanta (West African) music and dance. Information about the Balanta ethnic group is also included in this...
View ArticleInformation About Two Very Old (African American Originated) Dance Forms:...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post features information about the 19th century & early 20th century African American "Breakdown" dances and the 1920s African American originated...
View ArticleThe Staple Singers- "I'm Coming Home" ("Tell Heaven") sound file, lyrics, and...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post provides general information about The Staple Singers and showcase the Gospel song "I'm Coming Home" (aka "Tell Heaven"). A video of a version of that song...
View ArticleWhat "Breakdowns" Mean In The Context Of 19th Century/ Early 20th Century...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post provides a compilation of online excerpts about the meaning of the term "breakdowns" in reference to 19th century music and early 20th century music. The...
View ArticleA Few Hip Hop Examples Of What "Break it down"&"Break it on down" Mean In The...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post explores some colloquial meanings of the African American Vernacular English expression "Break it down" (also given as "Break it on down"). The content of this post is...
View Article"Blind" James Campbell & The Nashville Street Band - "Baby Please Don't Go" ,...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post provides general information about Black (African American) string bands, and information about "Blind" James Campbell & The Nashville Street Band. This...
View ArticleWhat "Talkin' Out The Side Of Your Neck" Means & Cameo's 1984 Funk Record...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis is Part I of a two part series on the saying and the 1984 tune/song "Talkin' Out The Side Of Your Neck". by the Funk band known as "Cameo". This tune/song is commonly...
View ArticleComments & Videos Of The Marching Band Tune "Neck" ("Talkin' Out The Side Of...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis is Part II of a two part series on the saying and the 1984 tune/song "Talkin' Out The Side Of Your Neck". by the Funk band known as "Cameo". This tune/song is commonly...
View ArticleInformation About The 19th Century Black American "Coonjine" Dance & An...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases the 19th century New Orleans, Louisiana Black Creole song entitled "Criole Candjo".Information about the 19th century -if not earlier- African American dance...
View ArticleIs The Caribbean Game Song "Brown Girl In The Ring" Racist?
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases a Boney M video of the Caribbean children's game song (ring play) "Brown Girl In The Ring" and also showcases two additional videos of that song. Selected...
View ArticleHere's A Fantastic Find! A 1928 Film Clip Of Black Children Playing A Ring...
Edited by Azizi PowellI'm sure that many historians, folklorists, and other people interested in early twentieth century African American culture already know about Zora Neale Hurston's 1928 films,...
View ArticleAfrican American Folk Song "Mule On The Mount" (information, lyrics, & sound...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides information about and lyrics for the African American secular folk song "Mule On The Nount". Two sound files of this song are also showcased in this post.The...
View ArticleThe Klag Dance & Other Traditional Mbaye Dances (Chad, Africa)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases two videos of the Klag (Klague) dances and several other dances that are traditional to the Mbaye ethnic group of Chad, Central Africa. Information about Chad...
View ArticleTwo Videos Of "Awesome God" By Proclaim, A Ugandan Children's Music Ministry...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases two videos of Proclaim, a Ugandan children's music ministry, performing the Christian praise song "Proclaim". The lyrics for this song are included in this...
View ArticleMardi Gras Indians' History & Culture (Book excerpt from "Time Passages:...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides an excerpt about Mardi Gras Indians' history and culture from George Lipsitz's 1990 book Time Passages: Collective Memory and American Popular Culture...
View ArticleBo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias - Meet De Boys on the Battlefront (example,...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases a YouTube example of and lyrics for the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian song "Meet De Boys On De Battlefront".General comments about Mardi Gras Indians are also...
View Article"My Sorority Has A First Name" Chants (based on Oscar Meyers'"My Bologna Has...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post features examples of dissing (insult) chants/songs from historically Black (African American) Greek letter sororities and from predominately White Greek letter...
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