On 29 July 2016 at 09:22, alan machado <[email protected]> wrote:
> Should not overlook the fact that our African roots are far far older- We > all have our origins in Africa, and the first Indians came from there > around 100,000 years ago. So the rhythms are there. > While that is indeed true, as a layman without any knowledge in the field, I'm wondering whether musical influences could last for all that long a time. As the audio documentary explains, the influences might be far more recent (even if unnoticed). At this time, I remember my old friend Charles Camara of Stockholm/Margao, who came to study tourism in Goa, and was so intrigued by the Siddhis (Indians of African descent, many of whom don't have a clue of their exact origins) that he spent many years studying them in India. Wish he had completed what would have been a fascinating and insightful study, perhaps. Charles was with Caritas Stockholm some time ago (probably now too): http://www.caritasgalle.org/events/103-mr-henk-from-holland-and-mr-charles-camara-from-the-diocese-of-stockholm-sweden-visited-caritas-sed-galle FN -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Fcbk:fredericknoronha _/ Hear Goa,1556 shared audio content at https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
