Re: African info?


BAO (tunde@arches.uga.edu)
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:25:49 -0500 (EST)



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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