African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
2 discs. 33 1/3 rpm. mono. 12 in;
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An anthology of drumming from the continent of Africa, from South America, the West Indies and North America. Contains drum rhythms from the Bahamas, Brazil, Congo, Cuba, Equatorial Africa, Haiti, Jamaica, Madagascar, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Ruanda, South Africa, Surinam, United States, and the Virgin Islands.; Title on container of disc 2: Afro-American drums.; Disc 1: Ruanda - The watutsi -- Ruanda - The watutsi -- French Equatorial Africa - The baya -- French Equatorial Africa - The badouma -- Nigeria - The yoruba -- Nigeria - The yoruba -- Belgian Congo - The bambala -- Belgian Congo - The bambala -- South Africa - The zingili -- Madagascar - The mahafaly. Disc 2: The Bahamas - Jumping dance drums -- Cuba - Djuka dance drums -- Cuba - Lucumi drums -- Haiti - Quitta seche dance drums -- Haiti - Juba dance drumming -- Jamaica - Camina drums -- Brazil - Drum rhythms for the deity Eshu -- Brazil - Drum rhythms for the deity Ogoun -- Virgin Islands - Bamboula dance drums -- Surinam - Djuka drums -- United States - Jazz drumming -- United States - Street band drumming.; Played by native musicians.; Recorded in various places by Leo Verwilghen, André Didier, Moses Asch, Melville J. Herskovits, and others.;
In 1984, the association opened an expanded Historical Museum at the Miami-Dade Cultural Center in downtown Miami. This 40,000-square-foot facility includes a permanent exhibition that traces the history of South Florida and the Caribbean, a temporary exhibition gallery that features several new exhibitions each year, a theater and classroom area for variety of educational programs, and storage areas for the museum's extensive collections of artifacts and archival materials, including books, manuscripts, maps and more than one million photographs related to the region. In recent year, the Historical Museum has directed increasing attention to Miami's role as a gateway of the Americas. To explore Miami's multifaceted connections with the Caribbean and Latin America, a new program series, Miami: The Gateway City, was introduced in Spring 1999. The objective of the 12-month series is to use the museum as a central forum for public dialogue about current issues facing Miami and as a space for related artistic presentations.