Rhythms of Resistance
African Musical Heritage in Brazil
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pluto Press
Currently unavailable, currently targeted to be due back around 17th November 2024, but could change
African rhythms are at the heart of contemporary black Brazilian music. Surveying a musical legacy that encompasses over 400 years, Rhythms of Resistance traces the development of this rich cultural heritage.
Acclaimed author Peter Fryer describes how slaves, mariners and merchants brought African music from Angola and the ports of East Africa to Latin America. In particular, they brought it to Brazil – today the country with the largest black population of any outside Africa. Fryer examines how the rhythms and beats of Africa were combined with European popular music to create a unique sound and dance tradition. Fryer focuses on the political nature of this musical crossover and the role of an African heritage in the cultural identity of Brazilian blacks today.
Rhythms of Resistance is an absorbing account of a theme in global music and is rich in fascinating historical detail.
'Peter Fryer has now taken the study of the history of Brazilian music to another level' -- Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies
ISBN: 9780745307312
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 500g
288 pages