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Reggae
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- 1reggae(n) a type of popular music with a strongly accented subsidiary beat originating in Jamaica. It evolved in the late 1960s from ska and other local styles such as calypso and rhythm and blues.
- 2ska(n) a style of fast popular music having a strong offbeat and originating in Jamaica in the 1960s, a forerunner of reggae.
- 3Maroon(n) originally means "put ashore on desolate island," later used to name an independent group of escaped slaves that resides in Jamaica mountains.
- 4diaspora(n) the dispersion of any people from their original homeland.
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- Anthropology Flashcards on Reggae, created by Jawad Joe on 11/07/2018.
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