Music At Festivals and Holidays
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Majek Fashek's "African Unity"
You can download the clip or download a player to play the clip in your browser. Majek Fashek is among the most well-known Nigerian reggae musicians Read more about this topic: Music Of Nigeria Famous quotes containing the words music and/or festivals:“In benevolent natures the impulse to pity is so sudden, that like instruments of music which obey the touch ... you would think the will was scarce concerned, and that the mind was altogether passive in the sympathy which her own goodness has excited. The truth is,—the soul is [so] ... wholly engrossed by the object of pity, that she does not ... take leisure to examine the principles upon which she acts.” “Why wont they let a year die without bringing in a new one on the instant, cant they use birth control on time? I want an interregnum. The stupid years patter on with unrelenting feet, never stopping—rising to little monotonous peaks in our imaginations at festivals like New Year’s and Easter and Christmas—But, goodness, why need they do it?” |