Kyra Gaunt

ethnomusicologist and a professor at University at Albany

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Learning playground clapping games is a rite of passage for many girls. An ESPN documentary traces this tradition through the centuries, even into modern hip-hop.

Black culture created school hand games, which now influence US arts

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