How Fitting.

I found this inside one of the slightly offensive cds they sell in The Williamsburg Shop here called From Ear To Ear. It includes such hits as:

Massa Buy Me, Bring Me Half A Hoe (Field Version), & Gonna Beat Dis Corn.

The last line is the fitting part. This is what it says...

Wasalu - This traditional song of the Wasalu peoples of Mali reflects music which would have been sung during festivals and celebrations...This song celebrates the African tradition of acknowledging life events through music.

Check the chained up slaves with their little boy reaching for them and the slave on the boat in the background underneath Africa...across from the free, happy, rejoicing, dancing slaves under America.

hmm. Something is wrong with that picture...