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Late 1950s-1960s

The Documentary Black Music in Europe
Episode 7 of 9

Congolese rumba recorded in Brussels, Algerian chaabi in Paris and the emergence of the Notting Hill Carnival in London

Clarke explores the variety of Black music produced in Europe in the late 1950s and early 1960s - Congolese rumba recorded in Brussels, Algerian chaabi in Paris and the emergence of the Notting Hill Carnival in London. We also hear how North African music inspired a revolution in folk guitar.

(Photo: Clark Peters. Credit:: Alexandra Quinn)

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