Black Rhythms of Peru: Reviving African Musical Heritage in the Black Pacific
- ISBN-10
- 0819568147
- ISBN-13
- 9780819568144
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Author
- Heidi Carolyn Feldman
Description
How Afro-Peruvian music was forgotten and recreated in Peru.
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