I think the word, "World Music," is, in itself, funny and telling.
It's so arrogant and dismissive. There's "our" music, and then there's the rest of the world, in one amporphous lump.
We really mean "3rd world music"
The term "3rd world" really bothers me. If anything, what's commonly referred to as the 3rd world, should be called the 1st. It is, after all, where humans descended from.
Really!?! You!?! You're gonna try to trump global economics and politics with evolution?!?
When the term (3rd world) came into use, there were no countries designated 1st world, as such, though it was understood that it meant "economically established." There was only one country considered by some to be 2nd world---The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
On the out-of-Africa theory of human evolution and worldwide habitat; no Africa = no R & R, no jazz and no dashikis, among tons of other things. Boliva is 3rd world. Maybe your ancestors fell of a Vicuna, but I'm pretty sure mine didn't.
I've seen Vicunas and met your lovely parents. Shame on you.
