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The gap that was created during those transatlantic voyages hundreds of years ago.That gap is the matrix of Saudade _ The Longing, I think, that all Africans in the West have, that is at the root of the blues and jazz and soul and rap. If you listen you can hear it, elusive, fleeting, full of melancholy anger.
Bonnie Greer A Parallel Life
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The gap that was created during those transatlantic voyages hundreds of years ago.That gap is the matrix of Saudade _ The Longing, I think, that all Africans in the West have, that is at the root of the blues and jazz and soul and rap. If you listen you can hear it, elusive, fleeting, full of melancholy anger.

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