1. Slavery and Africian Culture
LEISURE (MUSIC AND DANCE) "Slaves often sang when at work in the fields or factory, measuring out via songs the pattern of work, the rhythm of labour; a refrain and choral response which provided the discipline for labouring routines (Walvin 2001;p139)". From the early days of slavery in the Americas slaves used wood, string, bones, skin, sticks, gourds, pans and horns to create music. ...
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