Adam Hudson posted an update in the group
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Afrikan Music Only 4 years ago ·
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Abibisika (Black Gold) Points I want to share this as a warning about our African culture. Here is a mzungu Israeli making a career/living off of African drumming and culture. He is profiting from traditional African music (African drums, xalam). I think too many of our people invite mzungus into our sacred culture and allow them to profit and steal from us. As a djembe player, I have seen this happen here in the United States and I think some of our people are naive about how duplicitous Europeans and other mzungus when it comes to our culture. Look at the history of how rock music was stolen from Black people by white musicians and is now considered a white music genre. https://www.facebook.com/OneManTribe/videos/946848219461215
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Abibisika (Black Gold) Points His description on his website nauseates me: “Ben’s drumming style is considered as the ‘next generation’ of Senegalese drumming. His creation has been acknowledged and approved by master drummers Doudou Ndiaye Rose and Ali Ndiaye Rose.
After releasing several percussion solo albums, Ben released his debut international album “Xalam” on World Music Network, presenting his compositions and playing on the Xalam / Djeli Ngoni. The album sees him elevate the traditional music and instruments of Senegal and Mali into a fresh contemporary setting. Seven years in the making, Xalam features the late, great Malian diva Khaira Arby and sabar drumming legend Doudou Ndiaye Rose.”
We have to be very shrewd and careful with how we protect and share our culture. If we are too inviting, people will steal it from under us.
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Abibisika (Black Gold) Points This is very common. Europeans go to Africa, “learn” the culture from the local people, and create businesses for themselves in the West from that culture. This is cultural theft.
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Abibisika (Black Gold) Points krakkkaz gonna krakkk (that is, until they don’t have the ability to krakkk any more).
- Many Afrikans of the diaspora and continent adore wazungu. They allow this kind of thing to happen even when they are warned about them.
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Abibisika (Black Gold) Points Oy!! This nearly made me throw my phone across the room. I see a similar thing here in Brooklyn (NY) on a daily basis.. krakkas wearing head scarves, kente, you name it. They have become accustomed to negropeans giving them credit for “learning about the culture” or “standing in solidarity”. I don’t stand for the foolishness.
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Abibisika (Black Gold) Points That part! Yes. I’ve seen the “solidarity” thing get stretched out into invitations to partake in and steal our culture. It’s not just white people who do it but also non-Black people of color who get these “invitations,” as well.
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Thieving is part of their DNA, we have to be super vigilant and call them out about, expose them everywhere, but you know there will be the dumbed-down negros calling us racist for not allowing thieves to grab our culture, although they have grabbed everything else. Black people are a danger to themselves.
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Abibisika (Black Gold) Points They have suddenly started wearing dashikis in the Caribbean the frauds, stealing from African people is the only culture they know or have.
