Samba
Found this clip on the Black Star Liners' blog- African music development/influence in the American continent . It grows on me the more I listen.
Angenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola - Portuguese for top hat , ( 1909 - 1980) was a Brazilian singer, composer and poet considered to be a figure in the development of samba.
Cartola's family moved to Mangueira hill - due to financial difficulties, where a small favela was beginning to appear.
In Mangueira, Cartola soon befriended Carlos Cachaca and other sambistas, getting started in the world of malanragem and samba. In 1928, they founded the Arengueiros Carnival Block, which would later transform in the traditional samba school Estação Primeira de Mangueire, one of the most loved samba-schools in Brazil. Cartola is considered responsible for the choice of colors of the school, which are said to stem from the colors of football club Fluminenese , which is located in Laranjeiras. ( Wikipedia )
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