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Amerindian Music of Chile: Aymara, Qaqashqar, Mapuche
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produced by Christos Clair-Vasiliades (Folkways Records, 1975), 44 mins
In Chile today there are three indigenous groups who are direct descendants from pre-Hispanic dwellers of America: the Aymara, the Qawashqar (also called Alakaluf), and the Mapuche (also called Araucanian). The Aymara inhabit the Andean mountains and Altiplano located in Chile’s two most northern provinces, Tar...
produced by Christos Clair-Vasiliades (Folkways Records, 1975), 44 mins
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Bedouin Music of Southern Sinai
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produced by Amnon Shiloah (Folkways Records, 1978), 47 mins

When this recording was made, the Bedouin of Southern Sinai were striving to maintain their semi-nomadic ways of life in a changing world. This selection provides a valuable record of and insight into their repertory of archaic poetry, songs and dances, as well as more popular tunes.

produced by Amnon Shiloah (Folkways Records, 1978), 47 mins
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Bongo, Backra & Coolie: Jamaican Roots, Vol. 1
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produced by Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953- (Folkways Records, 1975), 40 mins

Jamaican folk music blends African, European and East Indian (in dialect: Bongo, Backra and Coolie) roots into something distinctly Jamaican. Kumina, a magico-religious cult of predominantly rural peasantry, includes invocation of and possession by gods and ancestral spirits aided by songs and drumbeats. Convin...

produced by Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953- (Folkways Records, 1975), 40 mins
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Carnaval in Cuba
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produced by Andrew Schloss (Folkways Records, 1981), 46 mins

As Andrew Schloss explains in the liner notes: “Carnaval has a history of mixing and uniting people of different races, and the merriment and participation in Carnaval has always transcended class boundaries”. Recorded in 1980 in Havana and Santiago de Cuba, Schloss note only captures the unique unifying exper...

produced by Andrew Schloss (Folkways Records, 1981), 46 mins
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Creole Music of Surinam
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produced by Clifford Entes (Folkways Records, 1978), 47 mins

This collection presents the two main genres of Afro-Dutch Guyanese music—Kawina-winti and Kaseko-Opo Poku. Sung in Taki-Taki (a native Creole dialect consisting of English, Dutch, Portuguese, and African languages) this album offers a glimpse into Surinamese life and the music that accompanies it.

produced by Clifford Entes (Folkways Records, 1978), 47 mins
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The Demonstration Collection of E.M. von Hornbostel and the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv
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produced by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel, 1877-1935 (Folkways Records, 1963), 1 hour 20 mins
produced by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel, 1877-1935 (Folkways Records, 1963), 1 hour 20 mins
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produced by Louise Manny (Folkways Records, 1962), 48 mins
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Central Africa: An Introduction
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written by Gerhard Kubik, 1934-; edited by Ruth M. Stone, 1942- (New York: Routledge (Publisher), 1997), 31 page(s)
written by Gerhard Kubik, 1934-; edited by Ruth M. Stone, 1942- (New York: Routledge (Publisher), 1997), 31 page(s)
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edited by Ellen Koskoff (Routledge (Publisher), 2000), 10 page(s)
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written by Beverley Diamond; edited by Ellen Koskoff (Routledge (Publisher), 2000), 35 page(s)
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