Wikipedia - "Robert Farris Thompson (born December 30, 1932, El Paso, Texas) is the Colonel John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art at Yale University. ... He lived in the Yoruba region of southwest Nigeria for many years while he conducted his research of Yoruba Arts History. He affiliated with the University of Ibadan and frequented Yoruba village communities. Thompson has studied the African Arts of the Diaspora in the United States, Cuba, Haiti, Peurto Rico, and several Caribbean islands. Robert Farris Thompson is also an authority in hip-hop culture."
Wikipedia, A Tango with Robert Farris Thompson, Professor of Mambo: Robert Farris Thompson—Master T—teaches “the black aesthetic of the cool.”, amazon, Video: Robert Farris Thompson Speaks: Daughters of the Dust, The Afro-Argentine Legacy of Tango: Robert Farris Thompson and Facundo, Knocking and Kicking (Kugonga Na MaTeke)
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