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Rumba on the River
Language: en
Pages: 634
Authors: Gary Stewart
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-05 - Publisher: Verso Books

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There had always been music along the banks of the Congo River-lutes and drums, the myriad instruments handed down from ancestors. But when Joseph Kabasele and
The Lazarus Rumba
Language: en
Pages: 514
Authors: Ernesto Mestre
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-27 - Publisher: Picador

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A modern tale rooted in recent historical events but filtered through a patiently unfolding storytelling style that pays homage to The Arabian Nights, The Lazar
Rumba Rules
Language: en
Pages: 327
Authors: Bob W. White
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-06-27 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) from 1965 until 1997, was fond of saying “happy are those who sing and dance,” and
The River in the Belly
Language: en
Pages: 139
Authors: Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-14 - Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing

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A moving lyric meditation on the Congo River that explores the identity, chaos, and wonder of the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as race and the detritus
Cuba and Its Music
Language: en
Pages: 690
Authors: Ned Sublette
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02 - Publisher: Chicago Review Press

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This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdes, Arsenio Rodrigu