Routes and Lands

Now, since the previous blog spoke about Negro spirituality, lets take few steps back and see where slaves came from and what music is from which region.


This Image below shows you the continent of Africa and the America(s).  (North America (USA), The Americas (In the middle which are the Carribean), Spanish America (adjecent to the Carribean) and South America.

(http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assessment/intro-maps/09.jpg)


Okay so since you can see the map it shows specifically where the slaves came from and where they were sent to. Before proceeding into my topic to make it clear as there are some countries which were still named after its slave trade location, so to make it clear:

• Senegmabia- Both the countries of Senegal and Gambia
• Windward Coast- Ivory Coast or Cote d'Ivoire
• Gold Coast- Ghana
• Bight of Benin- Nigeria
• Bight of Biafra- Nigeria
• Central and Southeast Afria- Cameroon and North Angola

(http://www.mapsmapsflagsflags.com/map-of-africa/)

Now carrying on with the topic we 7 movements according to regions:-

1. British North America- United States
2. Spanish America- Nicaragua, Belize, Guatemala
3. British Caribbean- Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbuda, Barbados, Antigua
4. Spanish Caribbean- Cuba, Trinidad and Tabago, Puerto Rico, Santo Doming
5. French Caribbean- Guadeloupe, Grenada, St. Domingue, Martinique, Haiti
6. Dutch Caribbean- Guayana
7. Brazil- Brazil which covers (Salvador da Bahia, Rio De Janeiro)

Each movement has their own form of music and style from the beginning of the slave trade to date. Some were modified and some stayed the same. 

The next entries will briefly mention which movement created what famous and recognised  music as there is too many genres to cover.