Why Shakira loves this African beat

[@Vox]

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[@jerrymosso3380]

would yall by any chance know the song at 5:31? i want to find the lyrics and full song

[@julijules4]

@@jerrymosso3380 Hey, I actually have most of these songs in my playlist. In order of appearance: 1. Shakira - Hips don’t lie (live concert) 2. Raymix feat. Juanes - Oye Mujer 3. Pájaro Canzani - Cumbia de Botellas 4. Los Angeles Azules y Natalia LaFourcade - Nada es Suficiente [music video shown, song wasn’t played] 5. Bomba Estéreo - La Cumbia Sicodélica 6. Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto - 7. Gabriel Montes - Cumbia Rural A 8. Aniceto Molina - El Campanero 9. Selena - Techno Cumbia 10. 18 Kilates - Son de Amores 11. Mitre - Los Santos del Amor 12. Becky G & Bad Bunny - Mayores [Urban Tropical] 13. El Dusty - Cumbia Anthem

[@johnnyharris]

I hope you liked the episode! Little backstory: When I got to Palenque (the village with African heritage) my original contact wasn’t there and wasn’t answering his phone. I was low key freaking out. I had traveled all this way and now had no one to talk to for the video. So I literally found someone on the street and asked “is there anyway you can tell me about this village’s music traditions” That person was Benicio (who you saw in the vid) and he was super knowledgable and skilled. I got lucky but it also goes to show that in this village, rhythm, tradition, history is something everyone understands and participates in. Really cool experience.

[@salokin3087]

Johnny Harris travel to turkey, rich and complicated culture!

[@melinaDom]

As a black latina, I LOVE this video so much. We have certainly contributed to Latin America’s cultural richness yet we’re often forgotten/ignored. Thank you!

[@CB0408]

Amazing

[@BongSalvador]

I thought this wass another Earworm production.. 😊

[@johnnyharris]

Thank you!! Im so glad you liked it! especially coming from someone so connected to this story.

[@NateandNoahTryLife]

Oh my god a combination of borders and the music series... *this is what I’ve needed*

[@abelcheng2073]

Earworm

[@mikado6407]

Bigger than infinity wars. Epic

[@HistoricaHungarica]

Vox KZbin Universe.

[@mikado6407]

@@HistoricaHungarica we need dat smh

[@Toastwig]

This is such a well structured video. Starts with something familiar (Shakira) as an inroad to a new topic. Talks about the beat itself. Mini history lesson. And travelling with the story where it leads. Well done!

[@JeffMonsoon]

Agreed 100 percent

[@johnnyharris]

Thank you!

[@kellynn739]

Indeed!

[@Whatsayoutuber]

I agree, it was really well done! I kept thinking throughout the video that the shakira bit at the beginning was so useful for stringing it all together in my head - musically, visually, and culturally! I’m so glad that Johnny and Vox traveled to the 3 different locations so that each influence holds an equal weight in my mind. I feel like I could turn around and tell this story to my friends, which is the sign of a well thought out video!

[@Splendidjosh]

As a person of African descent, it’s nice to see how African culture permeates so many different countries despite the unfortunate circumstances that caused it.

[@scj3188]

You mean slavery?

[@Nickademas1]

Sc j you can’t bookmark African culture at slavery because another bookmark is also placed at the cradle of civilization. Making it the oldest.

[@angeloreyes1951]

@@Nickademas1 just because it started in Africa doesn't mean African people created everything, chill. You do realise that music instruments were barely a thing when humans started moving out of Africa.

[@Nickademas1]

Ђорђе Петровић there is alot you don’t realize because you were never taught anything significant. Your existence is insignificant because your history doesn’t empower you only attempts to discredit others.

[@Splendidjosh]

idk what y'all are arguing about, I was just saying it's nice that even amongst bad circumstances such as slavery or forced migration africans held on to their culture and it blended into the societies we know today.

[@LuisHernandez-hn3to]

Thank you Johnny for visiting my country and showing a different face of it to the world, I aprecciate it so much, I'm from cartagena, and it almost make me cry when i see my beautiful people in a vox video, one of my favourite channels, Thanks johnny, and hope we see you later in here..COLOMBIA

[@thomasdantas]

The surefire way to know if it's cumbia is just wait until a vocalist yells: "CUUUUUMBIA!!"

[@davidcreighton-offord3275]

I have taken to doing this to my wife so she knows when I am listening to cumbia.

[@saraymalkun1765]

@@davidcreighton-offord3275 true😂

[@SaRiLoKa]

Es verdad jaja

[@valeriaco6017]

Honestly dude xD

[@HenryPerez_royal_hp]

I swear to god bro lmaooooo 😂

[@capitaleño]

Damn, as soon as that acordeon joined, that cumbia was poppin 🔥, incredible the difference that one instrument can make!

[@MrTee12]

It's very important in Merengue Music as well.

[@bluchismoon]

@@MrTee12 norteñas have a lot of acordion.

[@carmindi5061]

The acordeon ruins it tbh.

[@Babyduzzit]

carisa no it doesnt it’s literally what makes it cumbia, you have to have it

[@capitaleño]

@@carmindi5061 it wouldn't be cumbia without it

[@MusicCch]

Man i love Shakira, she is colombian of middle Eastern background and she somehow maneged to blend pop, cumbia and arabic music.

[@raymadein6969]

She really is a world treasure when it comes to mixing playing with all world genres and coming up with amazing and interesting sounds. As famous and acclaimed as she is, she is still very underrated.

[@lylyluvda916]

Which takes talent. A lot of people I know that aren’t Latino or Hispanic downplay her music ability but she’s pretty dang gifted.

[@koirasikin]

@@lylyluvda916 i think it's because especially western countries only know her because of the pop songs. Personally I discovered her pop songs first and I was like "shes ok" but when I found her Spanish songs I finally realised that she's a treasure.

[@dianachamomile]

papi yes!! her Spanish music is what stole my heart at a young age. she makes my city proud. her new stuff isn’t really as powerful/ not my cup of tea. :(

[@sunnydaze80]

@@dianachamomile OMG yes! I used wear out her music back in the day. not so much since the crossover.

[@corocorascringechannel6330]

I'm glad americans (and the rest of the World) are recently starting to make a sense of Colombia outside of Escobar and the internal conflict. Since I was born in the same region the video is concerned with (the caribbean coast) I specially enjoyed this one. Keep up like this!

[@johnnyharris]

so glad to hear you appreciated this episode. And yes Colombia is sooo much more than escobar!

[@corocorascringechannel6330]

@@johnnyharris

[@Arlae_Nova]

Yeah, Dutch news even covered the fact that Colombia is a great place to visit, now that Escobar and the FARC aren't a thing anymore. They highly suggested to visit, although they warned that it sadly isn't violence free yet. And they also recorded one of hte most popular Dutch quiz/reality show there, Wie is de Mol (translates to: Who's the Mole). I will link the article, but it's sadly only in Dutch. nos.nl/artikel/2262694-colombia-raakt-drugsimago-kwijt-en-dat-leidt-tot-hordes-toeristen.html

[@908isaias]

north americans* pls edit it

[@cherishireland9194]

If you come to Canada we are pretty in tune with the culture. We have a lot of people from that religion in Ontario and the food, music, and dance all came with them luckily. ♥️ 🇨🇴 ♥️ 🇻🇪 ♥️ 🇨🇦

[@IngeniebrioCivil]

Cumbia is probably one of the most extented rythm in latinamerica, from Colombia to the south of Chile and Argentina.

[@luisramirezjr]

I was going to say "from Mexico to Argentina and Chile", until I realized that is heard and produced in the US too - as seen on the video.

[@SongofBeauty]

Mexicans LOVE CUMBIA!!! 😍😍😍

[@catafer]

En Chile ahora tocan cumbia para las fiestas patrias, así de mucho nos gusta

[@cocofromtumblr6918]

Roberto Inostroza I’m from Costa Rica and Cumbia is very important in my culture

[@franciscogll8191]

Mira seguro hablas español pero la cumbia en Argentina en Argentina es muy distinta es otro tipo de cumbia acá se llama cumbia villera

[@meocean5499]

As an African there are two things I always do whenever I see this kind of reportage, am thankful for the people who embraces our contribution in many cultures across the world and remember that no matter what those people who deny it are thinking, deep down they know that just like everyone we great people with a pure heart and a way older connection to our beautiful planet

[@ddoubleu170]

Ooh Oops - muuuuuuuuch longer connection to the planet. ♥️✊🏾

[@SweetDulces]

@Yo BoRey yeah but you're NOT African though

[@Alejobepa]

Africa shaped American music and as a grandmother that have grandsons with different personalities and traits depending on their offspring’s spouses, we end up with blues, cumbia, salsa, rap, reggae and the list goes on.

[@nicolasbaroja3814]

@@SweetDulces his ancestors were Africans who migrated from Africa, like all of us. That dosen't say he is African but every bodies first ancestors came from Africa

[@NinjoTerror]

@@meganaxelia Multiculturalism is not destroying one culture to replace it with a different one. The traditions, cultures will not end. And, btw, your culture is already multicultural probably.

[@OzmaPlus]

Cumbia here in El Salvador has become a tradition because of the influence of one man from Colombia, his legacy now is strong as the years pass after his dead, Aniceto Molina.

[@Mojabi_ghost]

Ayyyyeeeeee 🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻

[@Umeko236]

We don't listen to carols during Christmas time, we listen to 🎵🎵 CUMBIAAAA 🎵🎵🔥

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

*Shakira loves her children.* The Colombian people love to dance. We can be very happy that they invented cumbia for all of us to enjoy. Great music for dancing !

[@firasharb1454]

She’s also half Lebanese (Arab) and we also love to dance too

[@FifthAveAtFive]

As a Mexican-American raised in the Midwest of the United States, cumbia has always helped me stay connected to my Latino heritage. No other rhythm gets me dancing faster than a cumbia, even watching this video I was moving my hips and tapping my feet. I’m introverted and neurodivergent so I don’t always like parties or dancing in crowds, but if a cumbia plays Im one of the first on the dance floor. Knowing it’s ties to Africa makes me appreciate it even more since one of my ancestors was an enslaved African person in Mexico and that is someone I know I will never have a close connection to and whose story is lost, but I can have this beat as a connection to their home continent.

[@fernandotapia8017]

It says it’s also made by indigenous people

[@Marc-n5e]

It is made by indigenous people too. Are you not going to give them their props?

[@FifthAveAtFive]

@@Marc-n5e I think it goes without saying that I’m highlighting my connection to my African ancestor not ignoring my indigenous ancestors. I said I’m Mexican-American so if I’m aware that I have an African ancestor, it’s safe to assume I’m aware of my indigenous ancestry along with their suffering at the hands of my Spanish ancestors.

[@FlowerItzel18]

I love cumbia 😍 I’m Mexican from la costa grande de guerrero and we have a lot of influence from Colombian cumbia because Aniceto Molina a musician from Colombia made it popular there. I also love the country of Colombia and I hope one day I can visit there 😊

[@lolok3078]

Flor Salgado my family is from there! Cheers 🥂

[@lesliem6757]

Flor Salgado omg im from la costa chica !!

[@marianas615]

pura costa grande! my father comes from there too!

[@mariogacia5512]

Saludos desde barranquilla , colombia hermosa.

[@colombiananarchy]

I am from Colombia and I spent two years in Guerrero, I visited Tecpan, Atoyac and other places in la Costa Grande, and indeed, the music of Guerrero is super influenced by our cumbia. Saludos.

[@SuperMegaUltraPigeon]

A genre born from 3 continents

[@thelanguagemonk]

Exactly!

[@scj3188]

But mostly Africa.

[@dezzjays9568]

Stop denying it

[@s.a.8548]

Amaaaaaaaaazing

[@chrisr5649]

@@scj3188 nope. All three components are equally important, one is not better than the others. Also, if you're not Colombian stop acting like you know about our culture based on one video.

[@OzoneVisuals]

So much love to you guys at Vox for allowing to send this guy to Colombia 💛💛💙❤️. Us Colombians are so tired of just hearing the negatives about the country’s past (I’m aware they made a video on Escobar’s hippos) and it’s so delightful to be able to share such a culturally rich video like this to my friends who don’t know too much about my culture. THANK YOU SO MUCH 💛💛💙❤️

[@harlemosama598]

you see people? we are way more than just drugs, viva Colombia.

[@truthteller7449]

nice try. COCAINE GALORE.

[@MatiasMishel96]

There are also telenovelas.

[@dvaneg98]

@@MatiasMishel96 hahhahaha, worst ones I've ever seen. All TV programes are basically trash, even the news

[@s.a.8548]

@@MatiasMishel96 telenovelas are from Colombia?

[@mikekeef2330]

viva la coka 😋

[@davidc-l9174]

It's so refreshing to see Colombia-a country very much still recovering from decades of turmoil fueled by, in large part, the U.S. drug trade-painted in such a positive light. Colombia is, at its core, a beautiful country rich with beautiful history and beautiful people. Cumbia is one of the many treasures I'm thankful to have been introduced to by my Colombian husband.

[@pranab091]

Its an earworm. You keep hearing in different places.

[@JohnAllerton1977]

Does earworm mean you want it to go away? Because, I love that sound.

[@alejandropaez8279]

I'm loving Colombian versions of borders. As a native Colombian, I'm so proud of the episodes and you showcasing our culture so perfectly. Viva Colombia

[@martinduval9667]

I really appreciate, as a Colombian, the fact that you are making these series❣️ it really shows the true side of Colombia, a country that has suffered a lot but that keeps shining.

[@TheRockerX]

When you click on a Borders video but end up getting an Earworm episode

[@Fidddle2Pie]

i stan xD

[@nanofernandok]

Great work guys! Is so cool to watch videos about Colombia when the reporters are interested in something else that is not drug cartels and the violent years my country had to suffer through. Cumbia is the most Colombian thing you can imagine, it shows the beauty, the diversity, the hart and the souls of a country that always have a smile to offer.

[@Warden64]

*Now that's the sound of HARMONY.*

[@BLKJaneLane]

It’s a beautiful thing!

[@deldia]

Not rhythm?

[@vma4202]

Borders > Everything else Vox puts out

[@rashidpaykargar8628]

Vox is a great channel in general. They have other great content as well.

[@ruanfernando]

@@rashidpaykargar8628 They do, but kudos to Johnny Harris

[@benjaminstockins362]

Qamaruddin Paykargar Their political videos are waaay too biased imo. Anything with Johnny Harris is amazing though

[@vma4202]

Benjamin Joseph Stockins Candia I dont exactly stray away from Vox's political videos since I choose to watch a plethora of videos from multiple uploaders but out of these more "series" like Earworm and Observatory, Borders easily takes the cake for being the best. Well structured, shot, edited and narrated. These vids are like eye candy while being interesting bits of information about stuff we would never have even really thought about

[@fadeaway3716]

That's because you're a filthy CHUD

[@paayito]

GIVE THIS MAN AND HIS TEAM A RISE. They made an incredible job. Every video is the quintessential of journalism.

[@RaySmith79]

I love that you teach us facts not lies. Going to Colombia this week and want to see the culture that makes Colombia Colombian.

[@miseryrat1943]

Hope you enjoy our country!

[@byrlink]

Did you go to Colombia? How was your trip?

[@HelloHello-tm7uc]

I wish this was longer. Cumbia has become huge in Latin America-- I grew up in Argentina listening to Cumbia Villera which is roughly translated as slum cambia-- which incorporates that same 3 beat, electro music, and slang/dialect of a particular region. Also, "Despacito" one of the biggest songs of this decade has the Cumbia beat all over it haha

[@gordito11ful]

Es increíble que cada región de Latinoamérica creo su variación de la cumbia

[@andersonvasquez9486]

@@gordito11ful es verdad yo quedé sorprendido porque yo soy de la costa caribe colombiana donde nació la cumbia y no sabia que habia tenido tanto exito,yo creia que solo en la costa y en colombia habia cumbia. bacano que orgullo que mi musica costeña la halla llegado hasta todos los paises de latinoamerica e hicieran su propia version.

[@andersonvasquez9486]

@@MrCristianposso que viva hijuep.... campeooooon!!

[@caro8712]

When the drummer was beating the drum and repeating the word “Africa” tears welled up in my eyes , the way he was saying it reminded me of Malian music, and I thought of the terrible transAtlantic journey. Black people, I love you , I love my people. I always say African people and Palestinians are the most resilient and beautiful people. I love you my people. You are mothers of humanity , the first on this planet and we will be the last on this planet, keep being resilient, no matter what misfortune they do to us, they can never defeat our spirit. I love you black people everywhere.

[@Marc-n5e]

What do got against Mexicans?

[@marco.nascimento]

Love this!! Amazing content, guys

[@sophy10000]

As Colombian this was so beautifully put together. This brought tears to my eyes. Please go ALL OVER Colombia and cover the beautiful country that it is... you’re showing all the amazing things that small-minded people don’t see

[@androidianolb]

I’m literally obsessed with Shakira screaming “CUMBIA DE COLOMBIAAA” I can’t stop laughing 😂😂

[@marioquiceno2992]

such a queen

[@abibnoor]

I am in Africa and this guy is making me love Spanish culture. Now I want to learn spanish

[@makedaeagle7023]

Look at how they treat African descendants in these Spanish speaking countries .You would definitely change your mind.Most dont want no association with Africans.

[@kyomademon453]

@@makedaeagle7023 certainly get a far better treatment than english speaking countries

[@makedaeagle7023]

Yeah because when you don't live there.

[@camstar24802]

Makeda Eagle thats not true at all you dont know what youre talking about

[@yusefnegao]

Spanish culture is in spain

[@laabitres]

African music is almost in every genre that's popular now (rap, reggae, dancehall, reggaeton, cumbia, bachata, salsa and yes even edm)

[@pizzaburger9928]

yes

[@TopologiaDelespiritu_]

Música de indígenas, caballero. No le quites lo suyo.

[@eriveltonsantos5039]

@@TopologiaDelespiritu_ not

[@captainpancake8177]

​@@TopologiaDelespiritu_ it's a mix. Cumbia wouldn't exist without the other

[@Marc-n5e]

But who gave y'all the instruments?

[@stevendunn2501]

Also, one other African influence that you left out was the call and response.

[@rensodanieldelcastillovega4394]

What's that?

[@bingingqueen6883]

Yeah! What is it?

[@stevendunn2501]

@@bingingqueen6883 It's when the main singer sings a line and secondary singers and/or the crowd repeats the line and/or responds to it. If my explanation is confusing, there's always Google.

[@camilogonz9062]

Exactly, responsive chants.

[@djr8525]

@@stevendunn2501 it also happens with the drum playing, one drummer plays a beat and the other responds. The former in a "male" drum, meaning a lower key and the latter on a "female drum" higher key.

[@madelinemedellin1500]

Born in Texas and raised in Michigan and I'm still dancing to cumbia 💕 Mi papá me enseñó esta maravillosa música y sigues siendo mi más favorito estilo de música.

[@CB0408]

Such a rich, sophisticaded and gorgeous country!

[@darktrooperdalek7991]

CB *culturally rich

[@CB0408]

@@darktrooperdalek7991 It's rich in many senses, not only culturally!

[@darktrooperdalek7991]

CB Definitely not economically

[@CB0408]

Well, many nations across the world would like to perform nearly as well as Colombia in terms of economic growth, and even in terms of general personal wealth, as the country is slightly above average in per capita GDP. It sure enough has many development issues, such as high inequality and crime rates, but it seems to be doing what it takes to tackle those problems, unlike most other countries in this hemisphere.

[@U4rikSound]

DarktrooperDalek why did you have to put their country down like that? Do you really go around just criticizing other people and spreading negativity? That’s actually so lame.Everybody knows he meant culturally rich because rich has meant different definitions you didn’t have to correct him and tell us that Columbia isn’t economically wealthy.

[@angels6270]

Latin culture(s) are heavily African influenced, that will never change. Latinos have more african traditions, music influences, and just african culture in general than the majority of African-American/Canadians today. And that’s crazy considering the average african American or African Canadian have 60-95% african in them while the average Latino has around 5-30%. (At least for countries like Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, PR, DR, Honduras, Salvador, etc. Simply beautiful.

[@scj3188]

But latinos are very anti-black. crazy.

[@YooTooLoB]

Not really, there's no such a thing as the "average" Latino because Latin America is a melting pot of races and there is not a standard. There's millions of Latinos in Latin America who have 80%+ African DNA just like AAs (like the man on the Palenque town), what you're referring to are the mixed-race Latinos who are triracial (pardo) and have slower amount of African DNA, but I wouldn't consider them Black or Afro (like the pardo men who were playing the instruments).

[@angels6270]

Sc j It depends tbh. I would say a lot of Latinos suffer from colorism in their countries as opposed to racism. Light skin favorited over dark skin.

[@angels6270]

Daphne V Most Latinos are triracial. Especially when we’re talking about the most populous countries in Latin America. Colombians, Mexicans, PR, DR, Venezuela, Hondurans, etc; have a majority-triracial population. Now there’s an estimated 50,000,000-80,000,000 predominantly Afro Latinos (worldwide) but there’s over 500,000,000 Latinos in this world so what i was getting at was that even the other 450,000,000 Latinos who don’t have let’s say more than 30% (not that some of them don’t have more or even less, I’m just speaking generally) celebrate a more african influenced culture than African Americans/Canadians those of which tend to have 75%+ of african ancestry. But of course there’s many predominantly if not almost fully african Latinos. There all over Latin America. They have their towns and cities in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico (Guerrero and Veracruz have a lot), Venezuela, etc. (:

[@YooTooLoB]

@@angels6270 I agree with you

[@yawoelevn]

This is incredible, a black man, thousand of miles from Africa but has the same culture and vibes and saoul as his brothers back home in the motherland. Amazing. I need to visit that village ASAP.

[@ricanredru4760]

It's good to Africans learn to about our Latin American musics African influences

[@Soul_Latina]

Im Salvadorian and Cumbia is the MOST popular genre of Music there Im personally more of a salsa person but every Christmas my family gotta play cumbia 🤣

[@andersonvasquez9486]

yo soy de barranquilla colombia y yo creia que solo en colombia la cumbia era la musica navideña. Genial que en otros paises valoren la musica costeña colombiana!!

[@Callebravo]

I’m more of a salsa person too. The 60s-90s were the best years of salsa music but I do love me some cumbia.

[@-.a9942]

Yes December it’s the official month for cumbia in El Salvador 🤣

[@ruanfernando]

Colombia is pure love

[@zeramino]

This episode was out of this world! Thank you. From a cumbiambero here in Colombia!

[@salokin3087]

Borders is the best thing on Vox!

[@johnnyharris]

:)

[@salokin3087]

@@johnnyharris sensei!

[@Lolaleeeelalol]

The beat is also used in folk Jamaican music

[@theobuniel9643]

Yeah, a lot of Caribbean music and Latin music in general is super intertwined, because of (unfortunately) a shared history of African slavery. Just as how the slaves in the U.S. created the backbone for blues and gospel, the slaves on the other side of the American continent created the backbone for cumbia, samba, reggae etc.

[@libardolucumi]

yeah, one of my music teachers and bandmate keeps telling the story that the beat of roots reggae is related to our Cumbia traditions, he once demonstrated it by playing the drums along with a traditional tambor player and both rhythms fitted!!! he said that you could add more tambores along with the straight drum beat of roots regae and yet it would sound with "sabor" (the Colombian version of "groove"). Colombia has a lot of music to share to the world

[@AlexGIGA]

Also in the roots of merengue from Dominican Republic also calypso

[@scj3188]

The root is Africa.

[@MiniM69]

Theo Buniel and country, rock and roll and R&B

[@sourikmandal9089]

Who knew that the story behind a small beat could be this interesting and vibrant. Keep up the work. Good content. Best of luck.

[@Marc-n5e]

Its just the same played out beat. Them kangz can have it

[@giovanny1062]

0:18 That beat makes me dance!!! IM FROM COLOMBIA 🇨🇴

[@GBaGoldBassMC]

A producer/artist named GAWVI (Reach Records) has a song called "Cumbia" with the accordian. It has an EDM DJ Snake type interlude, lyrics like "Selena would have loved this", and introduced me to a whole new (to me) rhythm. Thank you, Vox, for making this video.

[@JuLi1261]

You have made me so happy with this series of borders! My heart explodes with happiness knowing that I come from a place so diverse and rich in culture.

[@Paula-of6gg]

Another genre from Colombia that also has influence from Africa, Native Americans and Europe is Vallenato. Vallenato was declared Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. 💛💙♥️

[@Chola18Bella]

How cool!! Wish I could visit Colombia.

[@andreachung396]

Goooooo. It's sooooo purtty!

[@etfumoon]

Africa -The mother of the world

[@ColnWay]

And also China's China

[@etfumoon]

Colin Lim very astute observation, I wish I could send you a digital cookie

[@etfumoon]

Megan Carrington you also deserve a digital cookie

[@Izakokomarixyz]

Pangaea - The mother of Africa

[@jackcardenasjr31]

the mother land!!

[@sumimaind]

*Mixing together to make something new!* You described Latin America in one sentence!

[@chelsea5708]

Who else was moving their feet, hand, or head to the beat. Such a beautiful rhythm and so recognizable. The music runs in our families and at parties and this video was really special to me. I love my culture and the music is a big part of it. Thank you for making this well done video. My dad was actually the one who showed me this video and it was a very special moment for the both of us.

[@icomarv17]

The music was the reason I traveled to Colombia. This music has influenced Mexican culture

[@rubiopicazojoseph]

Im so happy to see Selena in this section. She is known for being thw queen of Tejano Music but she changed to Cumbia once she started to get famous in Mexico.

[@africanliving294]

That’s the same beat we still use as a base in most African music today as well 💕

[@Oscar-uk5sq]

This is a perfect example of what the world is becoming. That's why i don't understand why people are fighting, holding so tight to Nationalistic and tribalism ideologies. Anyways love the video!

[@zombiewarking]

If you come from an ancient culture you want to preserve it for a place like Colombia however mixing is natural

[@dinahmyte3749]

@Ric Boni and Christianity has led to most of the genocides and atrocities in the western expansion, what's your point? Globalization is happening.

[@fulanodetal3614]

I know. If we focus on learning more about our own and other's ethnic identities instead of trying to compare and claim one is better than another, we wouldn't be fighting. In my opinion, keeping governments ethnically sterile and letting the people preserve their own culture seems like the best way to move forward. I just want the whole world to chill for just a second and realize that we are cutting precious lives short for nothing but pride and wealth that will ultimately mean nothing in our coffins. I'm latino, but I'd love to learn more about Italian culture, the Scottish and Irish, Spain, Ukraine, Ghana, Morrocco, Egypt, and South Africa. Japanese and Chinese culture have never ceased to interest me and learning about the Korean writing system has been very fun! Humans tend to live up to around 80 years. In the grand scheme of things, that really isn't much time at all. Why spend such a short life spreading misery and fighting amongst each other?

[@Farhan917]

@Ric Boni You seem not to know anything, but Jesus Christ is a prophet in Islam lol. The only difference is that you crusafied one of the messenger of God smh.

[@lauradove]

Most mainstream & chart music has influence from African beats. Listen to any ‘afrobeat’ song and compare to mainstream pop & r&b.

[@MrDylsha]

sure it does....

[@ohyeahh4369]

not exactly that beat is also in Indian music too.. and many others.. some, or many older than african culture

[@fkatwigsisthequeenofenglan4748]

@@ohyeahh4369 what do you mean "older than"?

[@fkatwigsisthequeenofenglan4748]

@@MrDylsha what? The video is evident of this lmaoo

[@DirtyEdon]

@@ohyeahh4369 how can it be older than "African culture" which is literally the first culture of humanity

[@ingridpinzon1989]

I’m Colombian and I can say you did an awesome job here. Thanks!

[@starcherry6814]

That's right preserve the history Never forget ✊

[@Marc-n5e]

Be quiet. It has native and European roots also. Who invented the music instruments?

[@ivanraypontoy9750]

This reminded me of a game I've been playing for almost a decade which is Tropico. The background music while I play the game was so good that the tune got stuck in my head and I still remember the music up to this day. I'm in total awe tonight as I realized the music is actually this, an amalgam of three cultures. It shook me to my core and proved that my teenage years were one of the best as I got one of the best cultural immersion in my life. Props to the game makers and the Colombian culture for making me what I am today, someone who loves culture and preserves it by becoming a local cultural ambassador in my own community.

[@marlonwesleymacieldacosta1087]

Funny, you were in the middle of Colombia, and there is a guy wearing a Chicago Bears hat, and other one wearing a Boca Juniors shirt

[@Iaro67]

Thank globalization I guess

[@erickcepeda4339]

Tourists gifts, A lot usa and argentinians come every year

[@MegaVoyager77]

Well we are all americans after all aren't we?.

[@madelinemedellin1500]

I send my cousins in Mexico gifts all the time, somewhere in S.L.P is a teen boy rocking a Go Blue Michigan sweater lol

[@mrbrainbob5320]

@@MegaVoyager77 um no America is a country

[@leethurgood9602]

I spent 4 months in Colombia a few years ago and used to love a bit of cumbia. Great vid, again!!

[@mirhasanoddname]

Honestly I've heard that exact same beat for so many years that I'm fairly sick of it... But hearing it being played by hand made instruments as how it first started feels very refreshing somehow.

[@ifyourespondyourmad.2409]

4:52 that intro was 🔥. It got me hyped ngl.

[@Babyduzzit]

Mexicans love Cumbia , we have great cumbia groups , we love colombias music ♥️ Its like something we can all relate through music all of latin America

[@jakewelch.design]

Lived in Colombia for 2 years. Love it with all my heart!!

[@gdintrans]

I loved the video, i wish it lasted like 3 times longer. Cumbia is quintessential to south american music. Specially since the 1950s, you can see the proliferation of cumbia through the interior of the continent but specially through the great south american ports of the pacific: Buenaventura, Callao and Valparaíso. It got mixed while travelling south with peruvian vals and afro-peruvian rythms and got re-mixed in the 90s with globalization, when you can see the beginnings of Cumbia Villera in Argentina, Nueva Cumbia Chilena in Chile and Cumbia Norteña and Tecnocumbia in Perú. Cumbia is truly the heart of south america.

[@Mathewbagels45]

Borders is the absolute best of Vox, please don't ever stop the series!

[@MrJonyboy510]

Los Ángels azules and la Sonora Dinamita the best of cumbia

[@JuanSilva-ym9pf]

Jonyboy_510 FACTS. The party ain’t jumping and the booties ain’t shaking until you hear either of those two play.

[@katiarosas8836]

Man, I saw Los Angeles Azules live in concert in Mexico and it was a blast!!!

[@Dee-xb9mt]

Ayeee

[@amykarr6163]

thats right! Mexican cumbia is best!!!

[@iseytheteethsnake6290]

More like spanish

[@vannessa875]

As someone who grew up listening to Cumbia, I really appreciate the care you put into this episode. Keep up the good work!

[@kiritugeorge4684]

Im feeling so proudly African, even though im from Kenya, not West Africa where the spanish got their captives. Africa Africa!!!☺☺☺☺

[@walterramirezmachuca9027]

I'd say that the best things Colombia has given to the world are coffee and cumbia, well salsa from Cali too. Here, in Peru, the Colombian influence in our music is well known and we still dance some cumbias from that country in our parties; especially in a mix called "Viejitos Calientes", that puts together music from Cuba, Colombia and other Latin nations. ¡Arriba Colombia!

[@yzotape529]

These videos are so high quality and I appreciate them.

[@verogarrcia7]

I absolutely LOVE this. Cumbia is one of my favorite genres of music and I love being able to see where it originated and how it came to be the cumbia that I know in love today.

[@diamondspeek]

Bruh I've been jamming to this entire video. Cumbia runs in my blood!

[@lachinx]

I’m from San Diego but my parents are from Central America Guatemala and Honduras and Cumbia was the music of choice in my household and there’s nothing like it. The minute I hear the beat it doesn’t matter where I find myself, I start dancing.

[@d.fromage4301]

OMG! SELENA - Techno Cumbia!!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶 🎶🎶🎶🎶 🎵🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵🎵 😍😍😍😍 😍😍😍😍

[@erickcepeda4339]

Colombia is indigenous, africans, europeans and arabics all together, we friends we the same, Colombia is paradise, Colombia is Eden.

[@MrKevo123]

Vivan los Latinos!

[@lizdiaz2277]

The half Colombian in me had me tapping my foot and shaking my hips this whole entire video. Que viva Colombia 🇨🇴!

[@goodshow5528]

i love how their African culture still remained

[@nicolasd2079]

Crazy how Vox always bring an explanation on such tiny thing that influence a lot. Brilliant

[@andslove88]

There's nothing cumbia can't fix mi hermano

[@kavionr4052]

Glad I can put words to the sound I hear often. Didn’t know the beat had a name or that it stemmed from Africa. The more you know ❤

[@JAndrade389]

It is very refreshing to see such a well made video on something other than that Narcos Escobar BS which does not represent us Colombians. It’s about time the media stops showing the world one SINGLE story about our country (drugs and violence) and begins to recognize that our rich multicultural heritage offers a lot more 🇨🇴 congratulations Vox and Johnny Harris

[@MexicanDude001]

Thanks to Colombia, Mexico has adapted Cumbia and created Mexican Cumbia

[@KeatrithAmakiir]

Really not what I was expecting from a Borders episode, super interesting!

[@imagesbydavide]

I watch this doco recurrently and always be astonished by the evolution of the Cumbia how how it represents the latin cultures through South America history. Great job dude! Cheers from a Sicilian living in New Zealand with a latin heart

[@SomethingStrange1579]

Wishing everyone a beautiful and safe holiday. Merry Christmas

[@saraymalkun1765]

Thanks, we wish to the same🥰❤️

[@deniserendon686]

This made me really happy! My family is from Mexico City and Torreón Coahuila. They both have two different types of Cumbias, cumbia lagunera and cumbia huracha. I was raised of only cambia and I’ve always known it had a Columbian root, thank you for this video!!

[@kwyper6805]

Once in a while the stars align and I get to a Vox video early Thanks for making these incredible videos they're my inspiration for video-making

[@johnnyharris]

thank you! glad you liked it

[@ben_jamin4529]

You know the cumbia fire when they yell out "cumbia cumbia cumbia!!!" in the beginning of the song.

[@amigadecachorros]

No Setlist? You monsters. If you're gonna make this kind of video come prepared with a Spotify setlist!!!! Lol.

[@miseryrat1943]

Here are some artists for you, recommended straight from Colombia: Los corraleros de Majagual, Lisandro Meza, Pastor Lopez, Loco Quintero, Rodolfo Aicardi con Los Hispanos, Alfredo Gutiérrez, Toto la Momposina, Claudia de Colombia. Also you should definitely listen the most famous cumbia there is: La pollera colorá

[@amigadecachorros]

Valentina Parra thank you. I am working on my Spotify playlist and also soon Cumbia lessons so I can become Shakira.

[@dreadmanlv6700]

Son palenque is a very good Afro Colombian group to listen to

[@andrescubillos958]

Love Colombian Cumbia! Finally someone recognizing the difference !!! Love it! Vallenato Next?

[@marksusskind1260]

Bless your memory, Selena Quintanilla.

[@lindaolson5798]

When I was young I lived in Colombia for a couple of years. I remember hearing the cumbia on the radio. I learned a lot from this video, thanks! You never get too old to learn!

[@Izakokomarixyz]

“African beats” are created in Africa. This is a Colombian beat, with mainly African, and Native people influence.

[@nickclavijo5422]

True