For people who have been to Colombia, if you only had time to travel for a couple of days to either Cartagena or Santa Marta, which one would you go to and why?
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Para quienes hayan visitado Colombia, si solo tuvieran tiempo para viajar un par de días a Cartagena o Santa Marta, ¿a cuál irían y por qué?
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Oriental Brothers International Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/oriental-brothers-international-band/
The Oriental Brothers International Band of Nigeria was a popular Igbo highlife band from Nigeria [based in Owerri] for several decades, known for their powerful lyrics (whether it be of proverbs, or specials dedicated to special people in the country of Nigeria), and deft instrumental work […]
Nairobi Matata Jazz
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nairobi-matata-jazz/
The Kenyan genre known as benga (“beautiful thing” in the Luo language) developed in East Africa in the early 1970s as a rhythmic, incisive style, with roots in Cuban music and Congolese rumba. Unifying various characteristics of Kenya’s musical past, it quickly crystallized poetic traditions of the country’s disparate communities, with lyrics conveying powerful [...]
Las Alegres Ambulancias – La Cosita
https://amf.didiermary.fr/las-alegres-ambulancias-la-cosita/
Afro-Colombian band from Palenque de San Basilio, Colombia, considered the first freed village in the Americas, Las Alegres Ambulancias, the “Jolly Ambulances,” are the Palenque mourners and legendary rum drinkers who sing at funeral wakes and honour the memory of our ancestors.
Without them, there can be no proper funeral in Palenque. […]