Kumbaya
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kumbaya-224-3613369
title:
Kumbaya
text:
"Kum ba yah" is an African American spiritual of disputed origin, known to have been sung in the Gullah culture of the islands off South Carolina and Georgia, with ties to enslaved Central Africans. Originally an appeal to God to come to the aid of those in need, the song is thought to have spread from the islands to other Southern states and the North, as well as to other places outside the United States. The first known recording was made by folklorist Robert Winslow Gordon in 1926. It feature
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
African American spiritual song
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbaya
date created:
2003-09-11T15:59:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T11:16:34Z
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