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Was the Love Song Invented in Africa and the Middle East?

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Most histories of the love song recycle tales of Greek poetesses and European troubadours, all the while ignoring 5,000 years of innovations from non-Western cultures.

Ted Gioia
Ted Gioia
Ted Gioia

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