Word: samba
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...Ultimate Samba Brazil beats Germany 2-0 to cap a World Cup 2002 filled with upsets, controversy and human drama...
...Ultimate Samba Brazil beats Germany 2-0 to cap a World Cup 2002 filled with upsets, controversy and human drama...
...weeks of the last World Cup, France reverberated with hundreds of thousands of excited football supporters. Kilted, blue-faced Scotsmen roared merrily along the Champs Elys?es, and expatriate Iranians descending on Lyons could barely contain their pride at making the finals. Orange-draped Dutchmen in full march and samba-stepping Brazilians in canary yellow clashed only in tempos and hues as they passed one another, each figuring they were on the way to victory...
...course offerings. Only one undergraduate course in the music department focuses on music created by people of African descent, even though much of the world’s music has been created by this population, including jazz, spirituals, blues, gospel, rap, country, rock-n-roll, meringue, folk, samba, reggae, ragtime and calypso. The de-colonization movements in Africa, the abolitionist movements of the 19th century and the recent Civil Rights and Black Power movements in America have been powerful incubators for black philosophers, yet the philosophy department has not deemed any of these thinkers substantive enough to contribute to discussions...
Closing off the show on a Latin note with “Samba Magic” next to “Bingo Bango,” the Jaxx left little to be desired—more improvisation, perhaps, or a performance of “Jump n’ Shout.” But their sonic mutant—a playful, sexy, tribal and altogether euphoric affair—proved that music transcends all barriers when brilliant artistry and sublime grooves are rightfully united...