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-by Tom Hull
Papa Noel: Café Noir (2007, Tumi): One thing that made Cuba different from most New World slave colonies was the extent to which blacks were able to retain their original African cultures, including their religions. One consequence is that there is not one Afro-Cuban music but many -- Yoruba, Congo, Likembe, and others. Another is the ease with which Cuban inventions have flowed back to Mother Africa. A case in point is the Cuban invention of the rumba, which became a large part of Congolese music in the 1950s, eventually mutating into soukous. And so it goes: here we find Congolese guitarist Papa Noel playing with a mostly Cuban group and Camerounian saxophonist Manu Dibango, retracing and celebrating their common roots. A- 05/01/07 >> go there
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