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by João Craveirinha
Modern popular music in the show business is often called “Urban Music”. Therefore we did some research back to the roots.
Introduction: Roots of “African work songs”
Everything started after the ignominious slave trade, from Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe and to the New World (Americas or American Continent). These historical facts happened in between XV to XIX century AD (Anno Domini).
The “work songs” was an intercultural process after the African slaves have been settled for forced labour by their European masters in the agricultural fields in the Americas. (In Europe we also know cases of that process that have been absorbed by the local Europeans cultures in the folklore). To illustrate this we have the traditional Portuguese song called “Tiro-liro-liro” adapted by a modern Mozambican composer Costa Neto.
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