Afro-Caribbean music
Afro-Caribbean music is a broad term for music styles originating in the Caribbean from the African diaspora. These types of music usually have West African/Central African influence because of the presence and history of African people and their descendants living in the Caribbean, as a result of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.[1]
Most notably:
- Music of Cuba
- Music of Puerto Rico
- Music of Haiti
- Music of Jamaica
- Music of The Bahamas
- Music of Belize
- Music of the Dominican Republic
- Music of Martinique
- Music of Guadeloupe
- Music of Dominica
- Music of Trinidad and Tobago
- Music of Venezuela
- Music of Colombia
- Music of Guyana
- Music of Barbados
- Music of Panama
- Music of Brazil.
It is a subcategory of Latin music and/or Caribbean music.
See also
Caribbean music in the United Kingdom
Bibliography
- Leymarie, Isabelle (1993). La salsa et le Latin Jazz. Paris: PUF. ISBN 2130453171.
- Leymarie, Isabelle (1996). Du tango au reggae: musiques noires d’Amérique latine et des Caraïbes. Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 2082108139.
- Leymarie, Isabelle (1997). La música latinoaméricana: Ritmos y danzas de un continente. Barcelona: BSA. ISBN 8440677057.
- Leymarie, Isabelle (1998). Músicas del Caribe. Madrid: Akal. ISBN 8440677057.
- Leymarie, Isabelle (1998). Cuba: La Musique des dieux. Paris: Éditions du Layeur. ISBN 2911468163.
- Leymarie, Isabelle (2002). Cuban Fire: The Story of Salsa and Latin Jazz. New York: Continuum. ISBN 0826455867.
- Leymarie, Isabelle (2003). La Música cubana: Cuba. Barcelona: Océano. ISBN 8449424097.
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- Leymarie, Isabelle (2005). Jazz Latino. Barcelona: Robinbook. ISBN 8496222276.