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BY Nii Ntreh, 10:00am October 11, 2019,

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Check out six kinds of music and dances that slaves invented in the New World

by Nii Ntreh, 10:00am October 11, 2019,

Samba

Samba is widely described as an Afro-Brazilian dance, although it comprises music too. The name of this music and dance comes from semba, an Angolan word.

According to Hiram da Costa Araujo, a researcher, Samba was the dance of slaves in Bahia, Brazil.

But in recent times, Samba is widely popular among Latinx communities in South and Central America.

Last Edited by:Kent Mensah Updated: October 11, 2019

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