the musical style is part of the black pride movement that took place in the city of salvador, bahia during the 1970 - the genre's origin can be traced back to the creation of the classical samba played in bahia.

there are a large number of descendants of african slaves living in bahia, brought by portuguese settlers during darker times in the 18th and 19th centuries - the early development of samba is largely attributed to these afro-brazilians, who first formulated a bahian style of dancing and music coined 'samba de roda' sometime around 1900.