This rhythm is more common than any drumbeat in Africa. Pata potea. Pata potea. Pata...
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Pata potea. Pata potea. Pata potea. Pata potea. Pata potea. Dan: This rhythm is more common than any drumbeat in Africa. Pata potea. Pata potea. Pata potea. Pata potea. In Swahili, pata potea means "find one, lose one" because flip-flops vanish just as frequently as the socks eaten by washing machines in western culture
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Pata potea.
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Pata potea. Pata potea.
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Pata potea. Pata potea.
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Dan: This rhythm
is more common
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than any drumbeat
in Africa.
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Pata potea. Pata potea.
Pata potea. Pata potea.
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In Swahili, pata potea
means "find one, lose one"
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because flip-flops
vanish just as frequently
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as the socks
eaten by washing machines
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in western culture.
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Photographer Dan Eldon, was only 22 when he was killed by an angry mob in Somalia. He left behind 17 scrapbooks that held his art, chronicling his life from age 14. His work, seen in Time and Newsweek, showed only part of his talent.
