I have previously read the history of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". I am also familiar with the Solomon Linda recording. I have not been able to trace authorship of the song "the Ghetto" that the Staple Singers recorded. I thought it was self-penned but have no evidence.   

My friend's friends universally refer to me as Caucasian - and the other evening at dinner I had a really nice rant (about the comparisons between Nigerian and UK service marks and illegal contracts and riders) with a chap Ayo who used, I was told, to be Fela Kuti's entertainment contract lawyer and the term we were universally using to distinguish music that came from Western Europe and white USA and Canada was "Caucasian". Nobody thought we were talking about the Caucasus mountains.

If that is alleged to be wrong (a) justify and (b) explain why it is "dangerous" and (c) suggest a better alternative, please.

I have not seen Azizi on here for a long time. I miss her wisdom.

Look, chaps, they asked me to suggest songs for them to do. They want to ease in with accessible stuff. Help me out, here, rather than assuming the worst about me, huh?