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	Podcast:		TEDTalks Music
	Episode:		The Black history of twerking -- and how it taught me self-love \| Lizzo
	Category:		Health
	Duration:		00:13:50
	Publish Date:		2021-09-30 12:51:03
	Description:		Twerking is mainstream now ... but do you know where it came from? Superstar Lizzo traces booty shaking to a traditional West African dance and tells how Black women across generations kept the rhythm alive, from blues and jazz singers to modern rap and hip-hop performers. With her characteristic energy, she shares how twerking empowered her to love her own body -- and explains why understanding its origins helps protect Black culture from erasure and misappropriation. (And, yes, she twerks on stage.)
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