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Afro-Cuban Sites:

Clave Concepts: Afro Cuban Rhythms Clave Concepts: Afro Cuban Rhythms: An explanation of the essential role of clave in Afro-Cuban music. (Afro-Cuban) http://www.netspace.net.au/~pertout/lclaveac.htm Explorations in Afro-Cuban Dance and Drum Explorations in Afro-Cuban Dance and Drum: Humboldt State University Office of Extended Education presents the 6th annual Explorations in Afro-Cuban Dance and Drum workshop to celebrate the folkloric music, songs, and dances of the Afro-Cuban people. (Afro-Cuban) http://www.humboldt.edu/~extended/afrocuban/ Bongo Drums Bongo Drums: A brief history of bongo drumming linked to the early Cuban music styles of Changüi and Son. (Afro-Cuban) http://www.rhythmweb.com/bongo/history.htm Cuban Music 101 Cuban Music 101: A brief description of Cuban music forms, with featured artists and RealAudio samples, courtesy of Mamborama.com. (Afro-Cuban) http://www.mamborama.com/cuba_music.html Afro-Cuban folkloric music other than bata Afro-Cuban folkloric music other than bata: Information on Afro-Cuban drumming styles and rhythms including Rumba, Abaqua, Arara, Bantu and Bembe. This site also includes an extensive list of links to other sites and a book list. (Afro-Cuban) http://www.batadrums.com/background/afro-cuban.htm Cuba Music. Cuba Music.: With strong roots in West African Yoruba religious music, Cuba's highly syncopated, potent, percussion-rich music has spawned much of what is today's salsa and Latin jazz and greatly influenced musics all over the world. This site has both reviews and sou (Afro-Cuban) http://members.aol.com/al31/cuba_music.html Abakua Abakua: An explanation of drum patterns from the rhythms of a secret men's society in Cuba, brought there during the slave trade from the Calabar region of West Africa. (Afro-Cuban) http://www.cse.ogi.edu/Drum/groove/abakua.html Ile Ayan: The Sacred Power of Drum Sounds Ile Ayan: The Sacred Power of Drum Sounds: Covers the African and Afro-Cuban tradition of sacred drum playing, the tumbadora, has a list of bata players, timbaleros, and bongoseros and a glossary of terms. (Afro-Cuban) http://law.upenn.edu/~ibnishma/ilu.html Timba - New Styles in Afro-Cuban Popular Music Timba - New Styles in Afro-Cuban Popular Music: This paper by drummer Chuck Silverman, sheds some light on Timba, and on the possible outcomes of the music industry's effects on Cuban music and society. (Afro-Cuban) http://www.chucksilverman.com/timbapaper.html Afrocubaweb.com: Music Afrocubaweb.com: Music: Profiles and schedules of artists worldwide, record labels and agencies, radio stations, and links. (Afro-Cuban) http://www.afrocubaweb.com/music.html