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“Ngarra Bura Fera” (Turn Back Pharaoh’s Army)
“Ngarra Bura Fera” is a Yorta Yorta adaptation of the African American spiritual “Turn Back Pharaoh’s Army,” which is in turn an adaptation of the two Jewish praise songs—one Moses’s, one Miriam’s—recorded in Exodus 15, following the Jews’ successful escape … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal music, african american spirituals, Exodus, Miriam's song, The Sapphires
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Stop making fun of “Kumbaya”
“Kumbaya” began as the sincere plea of a generation of African Americans for God’s intervention, but since entering popular culture in the 1950s it has become a metaphor of naive optimism or corny camaraderie and thus a term of derision, … Continue reading
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Tagged african american spirituals, geechee, gullah, kumbaya hippies, origin of kumbaya, what does kumbaya mean
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