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Venezuela: Afro-Venezuelan Music, volumes I and II

Various Artists
Venezuela: Afro-Venezuelan Music, volumes I and II African people of many cultural backgrounds were brought as slaves in Spanish colonial times to the Caribbean coast of what is now Venezuela. Through a culture of resistance, they and their descendants preserved and adapted the musical instruments, sounds, and rhythms of their past to life in their new homeland. Recorded in local communities throughout the region, this extraordinary ethnographic collection paints a lively mosaic of the vitality and diversity of Afro-Venezuelan music at the close of the 20th century.

Originally recorded in the 1990s, this two-disc set is released by Smithsonian Folkways in 2014 for the first time. Extensive bilingual notes and photos are included.

Track Listing

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Community of La Sabana
10:06
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102
Community of La Sabana
07:29
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103
Community of Bobures
04:12
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104
Community of Bobures
05:08
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105
Community of Bobures
04:25
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106
Community of Bobures
04:42
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107
Community of Bobures
04:33
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108
Community of Bobures
05:24
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109
Community of El Tocuyo
03:32
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110
Community of El Tocuyo
02:16
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111
Community of El Tocuyo
03:40
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112
Community of El Tocuyo
07:14
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201
Community of Barlovento
04:37
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202
Community of Barlovento
04:12
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203
Community of Barlovento
03:09
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204
Community of Barlovento
06:01
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205
Community of Barlovento
02:52
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206
Community of Barlovento
10:23
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207
Community of Barlovento
05:19
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208
Community of Barlovento
05:47
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209
Community of Barlovento
01:51
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210
Community of Barlovento
01:28
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211
Community of Yaracuy
03:31
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212
Community of Yaracuy
04:28
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213
Community of Yaracuy
02:49
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214
Community of Yaracuy
02:38