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A brief history of bongo drumming linked to the early Cuban music styles of Changüi and Son.
http://www.rhythmweb.com/bongo/history.htm
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Timba - New Styles in Afro-Cuban Popular Music
This paper by drummer Chuck Silverman, sheds some light on Timba, and on the possible outcomes of
the music industry's effects on Cuban music and society.
http://www.chucksilverman.com/timbapaper.html
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Ile Ayan: The Sacred Power of Drum Sounds
Covers the African and Afro-Cuban tradition of sacred drum playing, the tumbadora, has a list of
bata players, timbaleros, and bongoseros and a glossary of terms.
http://law.upenn.edu/~ibnishma/ilu.html
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Explorations in Afro-Cuban Dance and Drum
Humboldt State University Office of Extended Education presents the 6th annual Explorations in
Afro-Cuban Dance and Drum workshop to celebrate the folkloric music, songs, and dances of the
Afro-Cuban people.
http://www.humboldt.edu/~extended/afrocuban/
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Cuban Music 101
A brief description of Cuban music forms, with featured artists and RealAudio samples, courtesy of
Mamborama.com.
http://www.mamborama.com/cuba_music.html
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Cuba Music.
With strong roots in West African Yoruba religious music, Cuba's highly syncopated, potent,
percussion-rich music has spawned much of what is today's salsa and Latin jazz and greatly
influenced musics all over the world. This site has both reviews and sound samples from many
important recordings.
http://members.aol.com/al31/cuba_music.html
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Clave Concepts: Afro Cuban Rhythms
An explanation of the essential role of clave in Afro-Cuban music.
http://www.netspace.net.au/~pertout/lclaveac.htm
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Afrocubaweb.com: Music
Profiles and schedules of artists worldwide, record labels and agencies, radio stations, and links.
http://www.afrocubaweb.com/music.html
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Afro-Cuban folkloric music other than bata
Information on Afro-Cuban drumming styles and rhythms including Rumba, Abaqua, Arara, Bantu and
Bembe. This site also includes an extensive list of links to other sites and a book list.
http://www.batadrums.com/background/afro-cuban.htm
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Afro-Cuban Essentials
A page dedicated to the history of the clave, with sections on both son, and rhumba clave and music
sheets.
http://www.thedrumclub.com/DRUMSET/essentialstyles/afrocuban/pt1clave.HTM
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Abakua
An explanation of drum patterns from the rhythms of a secret men's society in Cuba, brought there
during the slave trade from the Calabar region of West Africa.
http://www.cse.ogi.edu/Drum/groove/abakua.html
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