“Cuban Abakuá music” by Ivor L. Miller

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1. The Abakuá institution : a Carabalí foundation in Cuban society
2. Styles of Abakuá music : Nyánkue rites; Efó and Efí lineages; the lamellophone; percussion instruments
3. Abakuá ceremonial music
4. Abakuá influence in Cuban popular music
Musical examples
Glossary
Sources

 

By Dr Ivor L. Miller
Senior Lecturer in the Department of History & International Studies, University of Calabar, Cross River State (Nigeria)

 

© Médiathèque Caraïbe / Conseil Départemental de la Guadeloupe, 2016