African roots, beliefs, and culture are strong in this part of the city.

That inspired me, how they related to their African roots.

But carnival cannot be explained only in terms of its African roots.

Over the years he applied himself to researching his own African roots.

He sings his African roots but also the problems of society like money, violence, and moral values.

It was a little bit of shame to talk about the African roots.

The urban African roots in some of his idiom were less obvious.

The album's title alludes to a return to African cultural roots.

These recordings present the African roots of this music as straight as one is likely to hear them.

That gave their daughter a respect for music with African roots and rhythms, whether samba or jazz.