Actually, ClaireBear, I was trying to make a joke.

But it would be interesting to know how the folks in that African church sang Kumbayah..for instance in what tempo, were percussive features such as foot stomping and handclapping added, was there instrumentation, or was it sung plaintively, or was it sung in a spirit of unity "with arms crossed and bodies swaying"...

I'm assuming that these church members didn't sing Kumbayah around a camp fire, unless it was at a church camp [??].

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I'm also wondering if the church members usually sung Kumbayah or if they sung it on that occassion because they knew ahead of time or because they noticed that they had White guests. Most people act different around guests, don't you think? I'm wondering how small this congregation was and if they if they have White people in their congregation and/or have had experience with White visitors before.

I wonder if the choir or congregation or both {which was it, by the way?} sang Kumbayah because it was an English song that they knew and maybe they thought it would please their guests to sing it.

And I wonder how those folks really "get down" {or, since this is church we're talking about-get their spirits up} when there are no guests around.

I'm just trying to be real here. I'm not trying to make race an issue, but race is more often a factor in experiences than some folks would admit that it is.