An interesting piece of rock music history. In a student interview Kurt Cobain talks about the music scene in 1991 and touches on originality, appropriation, and race. Here is a link to the Independent's article.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kurt-cobain-white-people-dance-rap-music-nirvana-interview-a8651796.html

Here is a link to the actual recording. 

https://deadcitybeat.bandcamp.com/track/my-embarrassing-interview-with-kurt-cobain-sept-20-1991

The debate over the source of the Blues tradition apparently continues without an end in sight. Many want to find roots in Africa, but I think that the Blues is a product of the African Diaspora in North America. I don't thing one can find the 'ur blues' in Africa. This wonderful master's thesis from Cincinnati Conservatory, see link below, makes a great argument for my position.

African Blues: The sound and history of a transatlantic discourse