Rites, rights and rhythms : a genealogy of musical meaning in Colombia's black Pacific / Michael Birenbaum Quintero.

Colombia has the largest black population in the Spanish-speaking world, but Afro-Colombians have long remained at the nation's margins. Their recent irruption into the political, social, and cultural spheres is tied to appeals to cultural difference, dramatized by the traditional music of Colo...

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