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here are some songs that will get me out of my seat to dance any time. I hope some of you fall in love with them as well, so when I'm out dancing in Europe or wherever on the planet I might be surprised by one of these: jose quintero y su sexteto - no llores mas michi sarmiento y su combo bravo...

Right, so for : Could the name of the Video "Conga" come from the fact that they use a lot the Habanera-Rhythm in Conga and it's half of the afro-son beat? My understanding is the "Conga" is a classic carnaval rhythm, and with respect to the name I'm not sure if it was called that by...

That's a great observation about the habanera being half of the afro-son beat. I'm not sure about the etymology, though it points out the deep sources of Congolese/Angolan culture. You are totally right on with "Speak Low"!

I don't know how it took me so long to find this forum but I learned some interesting things just browsing for the last hour or two. I will continue, seems like a great community. I wanted to share a blog I've been working on in Covid times to give some shine and discussion on some lesser known...