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it is important to share with the children 
preston- [[sinyoe?]] to make a copy to recreate to do something from the past 
it is a diffient matter teaching a class or sining all night for a funeral 
Bobbi- all of the songs in our tradition are used for diffient purposes & have a certain reson for being used 
John-respectfully in difient contet african conditions came here under the worst of ceicumstances 
these songs are used to battle problems 
centuries of african traditions were destroyed but this is how cauldron sining to the elements of the pot
complete genocide of native peoples on the islands cultural appropriation
take things exactly word for word
a lot of places are open for a public interested
everything to do appropriate
not ok capitalism monitisation is disrespectful we have to respect & evolve
we are a country of mixed cultures
in every african tradition there is a good amount of bleeding