Is Empathy the Essence of Soul Music?
Soul Music is music created, produced, or inspired by black people, people of African descent, including African music traditions and African popular music as well as the music genres of the African diaspora, including Afro-Caribbean music, Afro-Latino music, Afro-Brazilian music and African-American music.
These genres include negro spiritual, gospel, rumba, blues, bomba, jazz, salsa, R&B, samba, rock and roll, calypso, soul, cumbia, funk, ska, reggae, dub reggae, house, Detroit techno, hip hop, gqom, afrobeat, funk carioca, country, and others.
Soul became popular around the world, transcending race, ethnicity and socio-economic status, and as such, is a unifying force in the quest for fair and equal treatment of people of color.
Link to article: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/four_ways_music_strengthens_social_bonds
