Winner of the IASPM's Woody Guthrie Award (2007) In the late 1950s to 1970s, an Afro-Peruvian revival brought the forgotten music and dances of Peru's African musical heritage to Lima's theatrical stages. The revival conjured newly imagined links to the past in order to celebrate—and to some extent recreate—Black culture in Peru. In this groundbreaking study of the Afro-Peruvian revival and its aftermath, Heidi Carolyn Feldman reveals how Afro-Peruvian artists remapped blackness from the perspective of the "Black Pacific," a marginalized group of African diasporic communities along Latin America's Pacific coast. Feldman's "ethnography of remembering" traces the memory projects of charismatic Afro-Peruvian revival artists and companies, including José Durand, Nicomedes and Victoria Santa Cruz, and Perú Negro, culminating with Susana Baca's entry onto the global world music stage in the 1990s. Readers will learn how Afro-Peruvian music and dance genres, although recreated in the revival to symbolize the ancient and forgotten past, express competing modern beliefs regarding what constitutes "Black Rhythms of Peru."

Afro-Cuban Rhythms: Gig Savers Complete Edition combines both of Trevor Salloum's popular previous editions. The material is designed for the intermediate to advanced percussionist who has some basic understanding of percussion notation. Part one is a collection of traditional rhythms ideal for a percussion ensemble or for the individual who wants to learn the authentic parts of each rhythm. The material is presented in a concise and user-friendly style. Part one includes information on Clave, Tumbao for one and two drums, Yambú, Guaguancó (Havana), Guaguancó (Matanzas), Rumba columbia, Conga (Havana), Conga (Matanzas) and Conga (Santiago). Part two is structured just like part one, but covers a different set of rhythms: Bembe, Makuta, Yuka, Palo, Arará, Abakuá (Havana), Abakuá (Matanzas), Gagá, Vudú and Iyesa. All rhythms presented in this edition are easily adapted to conga drums and Afro-Cuban hand percussion.

In this hour-long documentary, our star, the charismatic Lalo Izquierdo (master dancer, percussionist, choreographer, and folklorist of his Afro-Peruvian community), leads us on a journey of discovery of a little-known community with strong parallels to African Americans. Ably supported by the group “de Rompe y Raja,” the performance, Izquierdo's interviews, demonstrations of percussion instruments, on-location footage, plus the host's narrative explore the music, dance and culture of Peruvians of African descent, as well as their music's links to Latin jazz.. Filmed in Peru and the United States.

Examples, both in notation and recorded examples, include rhythmic patterns for single instruments and combinations including congas, bells, bembes, timbales, maracas, bongos, shekeres and claves. These illustrate a number of rhythmic styles including Yoruba, Nanigo, Dahomea, Bantu, carnival, rumba, son, quajiro, bolero, habanera, contradanza, danzon, mambo, charanga, pachanga, chachacha, Afro, descarga, pilon, boogaloo, salsa, songo, timba, and montuno.

The Afro-Cuban Percussion Handbook is packed with exercises and groove transcriptions for congas, timbales, and bongos. It is a must-have for anyone serious about Afro-Cuban music.