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Kenneth M. Bilby (born 1953) [1] is an American anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, and author.His published works include the books Words of Our Mouth, Meditations of Our Heart: Pioneering Musicians of Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, and Dancehall (2016), Enacting Power: The Criminalization of Obeah in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1760–2011 (2012; with Jerome S. Handler), True-Born Maroons (2005), and ...
Throughout Latin America, "rumba" acquired different connotations, mostly referring to Cubanized, danceable, local styles, such as Colombian rumba criolla (creole rumba). At the same time, "rumba" began to be used a catch-all term for Afro-Cuban music in most African countries, later giving rise to re-Africanized Cuban-based styles such as ...
Last Rumba in Havana is a novel by the Afro-Cuban dissident writer and journalist Fernando Velázquez Medina, [1] who was born in Havana in 1951. It was published in New York in December 2001 by the Hispanic newspaper chain Hoy LLC , and boasts a cover designed by the Colombian artist Juan Arango .
Alicia Parla (1914 – October 6, 1998) was a Cuban rhumba dancer and hospital administrator who was called "the Queen of Rumba" by the press. Born into a strict middle-class Cuban family, she and her family moved to Miami when Cuba became politically turbulent in the 1920s.
Cuban Overture is a symphonic overture or tone poem for orchestra composed by American composer George Gershwin.Originally titled Rumba (named for the Cuban rumba musical genre), it was a result of a two-week holiday which Gershwin took in Havana, Cuba in February 1932.
Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #578 on Thursday, January 9, 2025. Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Thursday, January 9, 2025 The New York Times
Rumba instrumentation has varied historically depending on the style and the availability of the instruments. The core instruments of any rumba ensemble are the claves, two hard wooden sticks that are struck against each other, and the conga drums: quinto (lead drum, highest-pitched), tres dos (middle-pitched), and tumba or salidor (lowest-pitched).
book later adapted into a movie. Given the nature of her then line of work – as a nanny to a Manhattan family – I thought she would relate. As fate would have it, the family friend had previously read the book, then proceeded to regale us with tales of her own adventures – the Caribbean version of The Nanny Diaries, if you will. Everyone ...