Mambo in Germany, where the national hit of summer 1999 was Lou Bega's Mambo No.5. Marc Anthony and La India , closing in on Ricky's tail. Something is happening, Mr. Jones. The cultural Impact of Black Atlantis gets larger and louder. Actually the process goes back further, to at least the late eighteenth century.
Theories make sense of collisions of culture, ancient to modem.
But the lived experience of African and African-American artists provide sources for understanding too. Get me straight on this. I am not saying we give up on Marx or Hegel or Derrida and only focus on the lived insights of jazz women, Yoruba dancers, reggae singers, or masters of the textile arts of the Kuba. Lived experiences stem from the people, choice memories of improvisation, choice memories of moral decision. They radiate common sense.