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Native Americans supplied the maracas, African slaves brought drums and ritual music, and Spaniards brought guitars, brass instruments, clarinets and ballroom dancing. The advent of blues and jazz gave new forms to styles of songs. Cuban culture represents a convergence of these diverse backgrounds, and the musical heritage presented in this book reflects these traditions.

This study encompasses the process of colonization and decolonization from the early modern period to the twentieth century. It shows that the Europeans were normally not considered dangerous invaders by local populations until they threatened the traditional cultures with missionaries, European schools, and bureaucracy.

At the crossroads between Africa, Asia, and Europe, the South Arabian kingdoms were major commercial, military, and cultural players in world history. This work covers topics such as their art and architecture, and their irrigation system.

This is a reconstruction of life in a World War II concentration camp. It presents a case study of how women of different nationalities and social backgrounds coped for years with lack of food and basic sanitation, illnesses, prejudices and death by carving out their own cultural life.

This book is an objective study of the state of Islam in Senegal and of the religious factors that influence it. Islam in Senegal is characterized by the strong intrenchment of a certain number of Sufi brotherhoods. The book uses its study of the present condition of Senegal's Sufi brotherhoods to speculate on their future evolution.

This book was a 19th century utopian blueprint for a modern state of Israel, making Zionism a cultural and political movement acceptable to Western governments and intellectuals. The novel opens in a Viennese cafe with the hero being invited to travel in luxury to Palestine and on to an island, returning after 20 years to found a Jewish state.

Urban cities have existed in Africa since antiquity. Using archival records and field research, this text analyses and describes the rich history of African cities from long before colonization began until the time of urban reorganization during industrialization.

The eldest son of Thomas Mann sketches this group portrait of the Mann family. The Manns were the first intellectuals to leave Nazi Germany and to organize a resistance movement. Klaus Mann became a leading writer in the fight against Nazism.

Offers the author's reflections on Capoeira and Candomble, combining personal experiences with anecdotes, historical facts, and research as well as religious and philosophical interpretations, both Western and non-Western. The result is informative and entertaining, an analysis that allows readers to get a feeling, understanding, and even experience of the spirit of Capoeira and Candomble.