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Additional
LARC Lending Library Resources
AFRICAN
INFLUENCES IN LATIN AMERICA
- Callnumber:
AFLA 01 VIDEO C 01
Title:
Palenque: Un canto: The African
Heritage of
- a
Colombian Village
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Documents the history and daily
life of Palenque de San Basilio, a town near Cartagena in northern Colombia,
which was founded by rebel slaves in 1713. Through interviews with the
descendants of the original settlers, this film presents their history,
cultural heritage, and current economic and political conditions. Maria
Bozzi. Casimba Films. 1992. High Demand.
- Language:
English Length: 47 min.
-
- Callnumber:
AFLA 02 UNIT C 01
- Title: African Influences
in Latin America
- Mediatype:
unit
- Description:
From Latin America: Land of
Diversity, this teaching unit gives a brief history of Africans in Latin
America and outlines some of the lasting influences of this heritage
in contemporary Lain American society. Includes vocabulary definitions
and a brief reading assignment for students, as well as discussion questions
and activity suggestions. Grades 9-12. CRC. 1990.
- Language:
English Length: 10 slides
-
- Callnumber:
AFLA 03 UNIT C 01
Title:
La huella africana en América
Latina
Mediatype:
unit
Description:
This unit from La tierra mágica
addresses the history of Africans in colonial and independence-era Latin
America, the influence of African traditions in modern Latin American
culture (particularly religion), and Afro-Latin-american political culture
and intellectual history. Vocabulary
definitions, discussion, guide, lesson plan suggestions, advanced research
activities, and other supplemental materials.
Advanced high school through advanced college Spanish.
CRC. 1991.
Language:
Spanish Length: 10 slides
Callnumber:
AFLA 04 UNIT C 01
Title:
The African Heritage of Latin
America
Mediatype:
unit
Description:
This unit from La tierra mágica
addresses the history of Africans in colonial and independence-era Latin
America, the influence of African traditions in modern Latin American
culture (particularly religion), and Afro-Latin-american political culture
and intellectual history. Vocabulary
definitions, discussion, guide, lesson plan suggestions, advanced research
activities, and other supplemental materials.
Advanced high school through advanced college Spanish.
CRC. 1991.
Language:
English Length:
10 slides
Call
Number:
AFLA 05 UNIT C 01
Title:
A Forgotten People: Afro
Pacific People's Struggle (NEW 2000)
Media
Type:
unit
Description:
This unit includes an audio taped guide through a slide presentation
depicting the journey of slaves to the New World through the present day
in Colombia and Ecuador. Narrarated
by Juan Garcia with AFSC.
Language:
English Length: 15 min., 7 pp.,
65 slides
Call
Number:
AFLA 06 MAP C 01
Title:
The Slave Route (NEW 2000)
Media
Type:
map
Description:
This map, produced by UNESCO in 2000 depicts the history of forced
migration due to the slave trade.
It shows from the 15th through the 19th century which areas of
Africa went where in the Americas.
A wonderful tool to include with any units on the African Influence
in Latin America.
Language:
English Length: 23 x 16 inches
Callnumber:
AFLA BRA 01 VIDEO C 01
Title:
The Spirit of Samba: Black Music
from Brazil
Mediatype:
video
Description:
This program is a musical tour of Brazil, ranging form forays into
the favelas (slums) above Rio to behind-the scenes looks at samba schools
in preparation of carnival; a trip to the culturally-rich, African-rooted
Bahia region reveals a whole other realm of Brazilian culture. Includes
meetings with Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento and Chico Buarque. Shanachi
(Beats of the Heart series
Language:
English Length: 50 min.
Callnumber:
AFLA BRA 02 VIDEO C 01
Title:
Black Women of Brazil
Mediatype:
video
Description:
This documentary looks
at the ways Black women in Brazil have coped with racism while validating
their lives through their own music and religion. Women Make Movies. 1986.
25 min. High demand.
Language:
English voice over
Length: 25 min.
Callnumber:
AFLA BRA 03 VIDEO C 01
Title: Axé
Mediatype:
video
Description:
This documentary looks
at the struggle of black people in
Brazil who everyday face racism and discrimination. Format is that
of
interviews with different members of Brazilian
society from different socioeconomic
and cultural backgrounds. LAVA. 1988.
Language:
Portuguese w/ English subtitles
Length: 30 min.
- Callnumber:
AFLA BRA 04 VIDEO C
01
- Title:
Slave Ship
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Celio, an ex-street kid, teaches
a group of children from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to perform in
a musical theater piece called Navio negreiro and is based on the epic
poem by Castro Alves. This documentary not only focuses on the show
but also on the conditions of where these children come from and how
this program is helping them discover their ancestral roots. LAVA. 1994.
- Language:
English Length:
28 min.
-
- Callnumber:
AFLA BRA 05 VIDEO C
01
- Title: Quando o crioulo dança?
(When Blacks Dance)
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
The interviewer of this documentary
explores contemporary race relations in Brazil by asking the question:
When does the black man dance? Footage of interviews, civil rights
demonstrations, celebrations, daily scenes and of an actor dancing are
intertwined to create and examination of contemporary Brazilian society.
LAVA. 1989.
- Language:
Portuguese w/ English subtitles
Length: 30 min.
-
- Call
Number:
AFLA BRA 06 VIDEO C 01
- Title:
Black Atlantic: On
the Orixas Route (NEW 2000)
- Media
Type:
video
- Description:
This Brazilian made film takes us to Africa and Brazil to show
how spiritual life, dance, and song took root in the new soil.
Among the many traditions were the language and gods of Yoruba
and Jejes from the Republic of Benin.
It also follows a group of freed slaves who returned to Africa
and brought with them Portuguese culture.
The documentary is a testimony to some of the ironies of the
diaspora. Filmmakers Library.
- Language:
English Length: 55 min.
-
- Callnumber:
AFLA CARIB 01 VIDEO C 01
- Title:
I Is a Long-Memoried Woman
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
This extraordinary video chronicles
the history of slavery through the eyes of Caribbean women.
A combination of monologue, dance, and song--griot style--conveys
a young African woman's quest for survival in the new world. Based on
poems by Guyanese British writer Grace Nichols. Women Make Movies. High
demand.
- Language:
English Length:
50 min.
-
- Callnumber:
AFLA CARIB 02 UNIT C
01
- Title: Garifuna Journey (NEW
2000)
- Mediatype:
unit
- Description:
This unit includes a
wonderfully directed video and accompanying curriculum guide. Shot entirely
in Belize, the film presents the history, language, food, music, dance,
and spirituality of the Garifuna culture. It is a celebratory documentary
with engaging scenes of fishing, cooking, cassava preparation, thatching
a temple, spiritual ritual, music and dance. The sound track is a mix
of punta rock, original drumming, and traditional ritual music. The
curriculum guide includes additional history for the teacher as well
as suggested activities, questions, and discussion topics. 1999.
- Language:
English Length: 47 min./
49 pp.
-
- Callnumber:
AFLA COS 01 VIDEO C
01
- Title: Mujer negra habla
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Women from the Atlantic
Coast of Costa Rica speak out
- on their situation within the national
context. Relies heavily
on
- interviews. Form the Costa Rican television
series, Conociéndonos.
- New Day Films.
1993.
- Language:
Spanish
Length:
30 min.
-
- Callnumber:
AFLA ECU 01 BK C 01
- Title:
Collective Memory: African Presence in LA
- Mediatype:
book
- Description:
Subtitled A Study Guide on the Maroon Community of Esmeraldas, Ecuador,
this publication is a brief history of the community of Africans who
fled slavery to establish an independent society. Also includes legends
and short biographies. Compiled by the Network of Educators on the Americas
(NECA). 1993.
- Language:
English Length: 16 pp.
-
- Callnumber:
AFLA VEN 01 VIDEO C
01
- Title: Jump Over the Atlantic
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
This film explores the
cultures similarities between the small town of Barlovento on the coast
of Venezuela, an the Belgian Congo in Africa. Scenes of celebration,
food preparation, musical instrument making, and hair braiding form
both Barlovento and the Congo are compared visually and described by
community members. LAVA. 1990.
- Language:
Spanish/French w/English
subtitles Length: 30 min.
-
-
- MODERN ART
-
- Callnumber:
AM CUB 02 SLIDE C 01
- Title: Wilfredo Lam: Artist
from Cuba
- Mediatype:
slide
- Description:
Works of this cubist/primitivist
painter, emphasizing African influence. Cabinet Collection Nos. 209
and 210. 2 guides included.
- Language:
English Length:
20 slides
-
- Callnumber:
AM HAI 03 SLIDE C 01
- Title: Haiti: Primitive Art
- Mediatype:
slide
- Description:
Primitivist painting
and folk-art sculpture from the Musee d'Art haitien du College St. Pierre.
Emphasizes African influences in Haitian art. Cabinet Collection No.
151. Guides included.
- Language:
English
Length:
10 slides
-
- CURRICULUM GUIDES
-
-
Callnumber: C
LA 26 BK C 01
- Title: Focus on South America
and Africa
- Mediatype:
book
- Description:
16 units on teaching
both African and South American topics. Project LEARN, 1982.
- Language:
English Length:
17 pp./ 16 units
-
-
-
- DANCE AND FESTIVALS
-
- Callnumber:
DF BRA 04 VIDEO C 02
- Title: King for a Day: Rio
de Janeiro (South American Journey G)
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Shows favelas (slums)
and the colorful participation of the favelados in the enormous, elaborate
celebration known as Carnival. Notes how whites are taking over the
traditionally black festival, replacing escapism with commercialism.
Footage of Carnival parades. Nudity. Australian Public Television. 1987.
Seasonal Feb-Mar. (See also DEV/PER/01, GE/SA/04, HC/SA/01, I/ARG/2,
I/COL/3, I/SA/09, AND R/SA/01 for other segments of the South American
Journey series.)
- Language:
English Length: 60 min.
-
- Callnumber:
DF TNT 01 BK C 01
- Title: Golden Heritage: Dance
in Trinidad and Tobago
- Mediatype:
book
- Description:
Molly Ahye. Color photographs.
Trinidad: Heritage Cultures Limited. 1978.
- Language:
English
-
- Callnumber:
DF US 01 VIDEO C 01
- Title:
Celebration: A Caribbean Festival
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
This film depicts the residents of the largest Caribbean community in
the U.S. preparing and celebration Carnival. The documentary captures
how Caribbean immigrants use Carnival to maintain their sense of identity
and continue cultural traditions. Filmmakers Library. Language:
English Length:
30 min.
-
-
- FEATURE FILMS
-
- Callnumber:
FF BRA 19 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Chico rei
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
African slaves struggle
against, assimilate and transform
- Brazilian society in 18th century Minas
Gerais. Music by Milton
- Nascimento. Directed by Walter Lima
Jr. Starring Severo D'Acelino,
- Claudio Marzo.
1986.
- Language:
Portuguese
Length:
115 min.
-
- Callnumber:
FF BRA 31 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Ganga Zumba
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
Based on the novel ''Ganga Zumba e civilizacao
- brasileira'' by Joao Felicio Dos Santos.
In 17th century Brazil, the
- desire for liberation is fermenting
among the slaves. The first
- warrior-chief Zumbi, arises in the Republic
of Palmares and the first cry
- of blacks for liberty goes up. Directed
by Carlos Diegues. Starring
- Jorge Coutinho, Léa Garcia, Cartola
Teresa Rachel, Luíza Maranhao.
- 1963.
- Language:
Portuguese Length:
100 min.
-
- Callnumber:
FF BRA 44 VIDEO C 02
- Title: Popular Video of Brazil
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
Of all Latin American
countries, the independent video community is most developed in Brazil.
Here are five productions: the first, a day in the life of a working
woman condensed into five minutes; the second and third, satirical caricatures
of a TV correspondent in a gold mining area and in the Xingu Indian
reserve; the fourth, a collage of Afro-Brazilian sounds and images;
the fifth, made to raise support for a cultural center, depicts vampires
who suck the life blood of the artist community.
- Language:
Portuguese w/ English
subtitles Length:
80 min.
-
- Callnumber:
FF BRA 45 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Quilombo
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
Classic Brazilian film
about runaway slaves and their fight from freedom and dignity. (This
video is flawed). Directed
by Carlos Dieguez. Starring Antonio Pompeo, Zezé Motta, Toni Tonado.
1984.
- Language:
Portuguese w/ English subtitles
Length:
90 min.
-
- Callnumber:
FF BRA 46 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Black Orpheus
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
Inspired by the play
''Orfeo da conceicao'' by Vinicius de Moraes. The mythic tale of Orpheus
the music-maker and his haunted lover Eurydice is retold, with samba
guitar replacing the lute and Rio's Carnaval celebration serving as
Hades. Directed by Marcel Camus. Starring Breno Melo, Marquessa D. Lourdes
de Oliveira. 1959.
- Language:
Portuguese w/ English subtitles
Length:
103 min.
-
- Callnumber:
FF BRA 58 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Xica
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
This movie is based
on the story of Xica, a black slave
- who becomes the unofficial Empress of
Brazil using her will and sexual
- charm. Set in the interior of Brazil
during the diamond rush of the 18th
- century. Directed by Carlos Diegues.
Starring ZeZe Motta, Walmor
- Chagas. 1976. Adult Audience.
- Language:
Portuguese w/ English
subtitles Length:
109 min.
-
- Callnumber:
FF CARIB 02 VIDEO C
01
- Title: Sugar Cane Alley
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
Based on the novel La
Rue Cases Négres, this is the story of Jose, a bright mischievous 11-year
old orphan, and his grandmother who is determined to save him from the
hard life of sugar plantations on French-occupied Martinique in the
1930's. Directed by Euzhan Palcy. Starring Darling Legitimus, Garry
Cadenat. 1985.
- Language:
French w/ English subtitles Length:
107 min.
-
- Callnumber:
FF CUB 03 VIDEO C 01
- Title: La última cena
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
Based on an incident
from 18th-century Cuban history: a pious slave holder decides to improve
his soul and instruct his slaves in Christianity by inviting them to
participate in a somewhat gluttonous reenactment of last supper. Directed
by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Starring Nelson Villaga, Tito Junio, Silvano
Rey. 1976.
- Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles Length:
160 min.
-
-
- Callnumber:
FF CUB 17 VIDEO C 01
- Title:
Patakin
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
A musical comedy which transposes two figures out of Yoruba mythology
to contemporary Cuba. Shango is an irresistible lumpen layabout, while
his nemesis is Ogun is a staid model worker. Directed by Manuel Octavio
Gomez. Starring Miguel Benavides, Asseneh Rodriguez, Litico Rodriguez.
1984.
- Language:
Spanish Length:
108 min.
-
- Callnumber:
FF CUB 18 VIDEO C 01
- Title: El otro Francisco
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
Based on the 19th century
novel by Anselmo Suarez Romero. The film takes apart the structure of
the novel to reveal its racist assumptions, then retells the story to
make a socio-economic analysis and reveal the true face of slavery and
class struggle. Directed by Sergio Giral. Starring Miguel Benavidez,
Alino Sánchez, Adolfo Llaurado. 1974.
- Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles Length:
100 min.
-
- Callnumber:
FF CUB 20 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Barroco
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
Inspired by Concierto barroco
by Alejo Carpentier. Music speaks louder than words in this audio-visual
odyssey through the emergence of contemporary Latin American/Caribbean
culture. Musical encounters among Maya and Aztecs, Spanish and Africans
communicate the history without words being spoken.
Directed by Paul Leduc. Starring Francisco Rabal, Angela Molina.
1989.
- Language:
English
Length:
108 min.
-
- Callnumber:
FF US 03 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Burn
- Mediatype:
Films
- Description:
A controversial film
about an English mercenary who foments a slave revolution on the mythical
island of Quemada, then betrays the revolutionaries in order to wrest
control of the island from Portuguese colonial power and install a provincial
British government. Because of its frank portrayal of racial conflict
an imperialistic political exploitation, this film had very limited
distribution in the U.S. Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. Starring Marlon
Brando. Evaristo Marquez, Renato Salvatori.
- Language:
English
Length: 120 min.
-
-
-
- GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES
-
-
- Callnumber:
GE COL 03 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Secrets of the Choco
(NEW 2000)
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
The Choco in Colombia
is one of the largest relatively
- unspoiled rainforests on the planet.
Hugging the Pacific Coast to the
- West and rising to the Andes in the
East, the Choco has been cut off
- from the outside world for millennia.
The Choco still hides thousands of undiscovered plants and animals,
and contains kingdoms of ancient
- forests and shorelines that have never
been disturbed. But large scale
- development plans and the impending
completion of the Pan American
- Highway threaten the future of the Choco
and the lives of the blacks
- and Indians who live along the banks
of its maze of rivers. This video
- takes us into the Choco aboard an old
steamer, the Jestiven. On board
- to interpret what we see and to debate
the region's future are six of
- the world's foremost experts on tropical
ecology and sustainable
- development. Bullfrog Films. 1995.
- Language:
English
Length:
58 min.
-
-
- HISTORY
(15th - 19th Century or general theory)
-
- Callnumber:
H HAI 01 VIDEO C 01
- Title:
Bitter Cane
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
This two part video examines the history of Haiti, from the 1804 revolution
to the occupation by U.S. Marines from 1915 to 1934, as well as the
repressive Duvalier regimes. Includes interviews with peasants, landowners,
merchants, and U.S. businessmen and an examination of the workings of
Haiti's economic system. The Cinema Guild. 1983.
- Language:
English Length: Part 1: 74 min./ Part 2: 42 min.
-
- Callnumber:
H LA 19 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Cimarrones
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
This docu-drama explores
the little-known situation of African slaves in Latin America in the
19th century. The slaves frequently rebelled against their oppressive conditions
and many cimarrones (runaway slaves) established villages on the mountains.
This film recreates an attack by cimarrones on a Spanish caravan and
portrays life in those slave villages. The Cinema Guild. 1983.
- Language:
English
Length:
24 min.
-
- Callnumber:
H LA 31 BK C 01
- Title: Rethinking Columbus
- Mediatype:
book
- Description:
Magazine-style teacher
resource for teaching about
- Columbus Day and the Quincentennial.
Encourages teachers and
- students to consider various perspectives
on history, especially those
- of Native Americans and African-Americans,
and to relate history to
- current events. Includes background
for teachers, lesson plans, and
- readings for students at elementary
through college levels. NECA and
- Rethinking Schools.
1992.
- Language:
English
Length:
96 pp.
-
-
-
- HISPANICS IN THE
UNITED STATES
-
- Callnumber:
HISP 02 CASS C 01
- Title: Black Latinos: A Double
minority
- Mediatype:
cass
- Description:
National Public Radio
cassette. 1981.
- Language:
English
Length:
15 min.
-
- Callnumber:
HISP 45 VIDEO E C 01
- Title:
Hispanic Culture Series Part E: People of the Caribbean
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
A video series that introduces students to important topics in the history,
culture, and society of Hispanics. Presented in both English and Spanish
Versions on the same cassette. Grades 6 and up. When ordering, please
specify call number and letter. Video Knowledge, Inc. 1990. E. Develops
concepts regarding the heritage of immigrants with origins in the islands
of the Caribbean.
- Language:
English Length:
25 min.
-
- Call Number:
HISP CARIB 01 BK C 01
- Title:
Caribbean Connections:
Moving North (NEW 2000)
- Media Type:
book
- Description:
Migration from the Caribbean is reshaping the cultural landscape
of many American communities.
This book explores this process through fiction, poetry, personal
narratives and interviews by women and men of Caribbean background (Puerto
Rico, English-speaking West Indies, Dominican Republic, Cuba and Haiti)
living in the U.S. Network
of Educators on the Americas (NECA).
1998.
- Language:
English Length: 237 pp.
-
-
- INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS
-
- Callnumber:
I BRA 14 SLIDE F C 01
- Title: Brazil Slide Series:
Salvador/Bahia
Mediatype:
slide
- Description:
F. Salvador/Bahía. Slides show
the rich influence of African culture
- in this city, and explain how Salvador
exemplifies the paradoxes and contrasts inherent in Brazilian society.
Compiled by Herbert Knup and produced by the University of New Mexico,
this series has eleven complete slide sets, each with accompanying description
and background information. Each set includes a title slide and a map
slide. 1989-1993. Please
specify which set when ordering.
- Language:
English
Length:
100 slides
-
- Callnumber:
I CARIB 04 VIDEO A C 01
- Title:
Portrait of the Caribbean Part A: Iron in the Soul
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
A. Iron in the Soul. Examines the history and legacy of slavery in the
British Caribbean. This video series examines the different cultures
which have influenced the development of Caribbean culture. The seven
programs are divided into three tapes. Ambrose Video. Guide included.
1992. Please specify tape when ordering.
- Language:
English Length:
60 min.
-
- Callnumber:
I CARIB 04 VIDEO B C 01
- Title:
Portrait of the Caribbean Part B: Out of Africa
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
B. Out of Africa. Looks at the African cultural legacy of
- slavery in the British Caribbean. This
video series examines the
- different cultures which have influenced
the development of Caribbean
- culture. The seven programs are divided
into three tapes. Ambrose
- Video. 1992. Please specify tape when
ordering.
- Language:
English Length: 60 min.
-
- Callnumber:
I CARIB 04 VIDEO C C 01
- Title:
Portrait of the Caribbean Part C: Paradise Lost
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
C. Paradise Lost. The Spanish legacy is examined with a look at life
in the Dominican Republic. This video series examines the different
cultures which have influenced the development of Caribbean culture.
The seven programs are divided into three tapes. Ambrose Video. Guide
included. 1992. Please specify tape when ordering.
- Language:
English Length:
60 min.
-
- Callnumber:
I CARIB 04 VIDEO E C 01
- Title:
Portrait of the Caribbean Part E: Worlds Apart
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
E. Worlds Apart. This video looks at the largest single population group
in Guyana and Trinidad, the East Indians. This video series examines
the different cultures which have influenced the development of Caribbean
culture. The seven programs are divided into three tapes. Ambrose Video.
Guide included. 1992. Please specify tape when ordering.
- Language:
English Length:
60 min.
-
- Callnumber:
I CARIB 04 VIDEO G C 01
- Title:
Portrait of the Caribbean Part G: Shades of Freedom
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
G. Shades of Freedom. This final program searches for the definition
of a new Caribbean identity, not one based on colonial powers. This
video series examines the different cultures which have influenced the
development of Caribbean culture. The seven programs are divided into
three tapes. Ambrose Video. Guide included. 1992. Please specify tape
when ordering.
- Language:
English Length:
60 min.
-
- Callnumber:
I HAI 06 VIDEO C 01
- Title:
Black Dawn
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
An animated film that
recounts the founding of Haiti, the world's first independent black
republic, according to its folklore. A celebration of the strength and
artistry of the Haitian people. Elementary through high school. Includes
study guide. Icarus Films. 1979.
- Language:
English
Length:
20 min.
-
- Callnumber:
I LA 09 VIDEO C 01
- Title: La presencia africana
en Hispanoamérica
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
This three part program
presents an overview of the history, current world and culture of the
peoples of African descent in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. International
Film Bureau. 1988. In beginner-level Spanish.
- Language:
Spanish
Length:
30 min.
-
- Callnumber:
I LA 15 BK C 01
- Title: Relatos latinoamericanos:
La herencia africana
- Mediatype:
book
- Description:
This cultural reader for intermediate Spanish language students
offers historical and contemporary material, plus a unique view of the
diversity of influences people of African descent have had on the traditions
an customs of Latin America. End-of-unit exercises enhance content.
1986. Spanish-English glossary included.
- Language:
Spanish
Length:
65 pp.
-
-
-
- LITERATURE, MODERN
-
- Callnumber:
LM CUB 03 CASS C 01
- Title: Nicolás Guillén
- Mediatype:
cass
- Description:
Pacifica Radio Archive. Guillén was the national poet of Cuba
and President of the country's National Union of Writers and Artists.
His work combines the African tradition with that of his Cuban heritage.
- Language:
Spanish
Length:
39 min.
-
-
- MUSIC
-
- Callnumber:
MU 01 VIDEO C 01
- Title:
Musicians in Exile
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Filmed on location in New York City, Paris and London, this performance
documentary focuses on artists who have fled their native lands due
to political repression. Features musicians from South Africa, Chile,
and Cuba. Rhapsody Films. 1990.
- Language:
English Length:
75 min.
-
- Callnumber:
MU 02 CD C 01
- Title: Africa en América
- Mediatype:
cass
- Description:
This set musically traces
the blending of different
- African peoples and the influence of
their rhythms, styles and
- instrumentation in the Americas. An
accompanying English-Spanish
- booklet provides history and background
for each musical segment.
- Música Traditional. 1992.
- Language:
Spanish Length: 3 CDs
-
- Callnumber:
MU CARIB 01 VIDEO C
01
- Title: Caribbean Music and
Dance
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Folk music and dance
from Honduras, Grenada, Jamaica and Haiti. Filmed on location. Organization
of American States. 1985.
- Language:
English
Length:
25 min.
-
- Callnumber:
MU CARIB 02 VIDEO C 01
- Title:
Harvesting New Songs: Caribbean
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
The international folkloric group Sotavento describes the instruments,
rhythms, and social influences of the music of the Spanish-speaking
Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Domincian Republic). They also
perform selections, including a demonstration of the region's percussion
instruments. University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. 1986.
- Language:
English Length:
18 min.
-
- Callnumber:
MU CARIB 04 VIDEO C
01
- Title: Chutney in Yuh Soca:
A Multicultural Mix. Part A: Chutney in Yuh Soca
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Part A: Chutney in Yuh
Soca. This part shows the
- interaction of the east Indian and African
populations of Trinidad and
- Tobago through the latest form of popular
music—Chutney. Part B:
- The Gospel Truth! A family's faith and
cohesiveness is reaffirmed
- through the singing of gospel music.
Part C: Songs for Our Daughters.
- West Indian women living in Britain
discuss the way they pass their
- heritage and culture on to their mixed
race daughters using traditional
- rhythms and stories from the Caribbean.
This series of short films
- demonstrates the vitality of ethnic
identity of Caribbean people which
- blends with prevailing culture yet keeps
its own spirit. Filmakers
- Library. 1995. All three parts on same
tape.
- Language:
English
Length:
20 min./ 6 min./ 9 min.
-
- Callnumber:
MU CUB 05 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Every Day Art
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
This documentary captures
the rich folkloric traditions of
- Cuban dance and music including the
profound influence of African
- religion and art on these traditions.
LAVA. 1994.
- Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles Length:
50 min.
-
- Callnumber:
MU CUB 11 VIDEO C 01
- Title: La rumba
Mediatype:
video
- Description:
This video chronicles
the history of the rumba from the plantations of colonial Cuba to nightclubs
in the United States. Highlights include footage and discussions of
rumba greats such as Rita Montaner, Chano Pozo, and even Dizzy Gillespie.
LAVA. N.d.
- Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles Length:
44 min.
-
- Callnumber:
MU HAI 01 VIDEO C 01
- Title:
Rhythms of Haiti
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Cultural, folk-life and tourist aspects of this unique and intriguing
Caribbean island. Organization of American States. 1980.
- Language:
English Length:
25 min.
-
- Callnumber:
MU LA 11 VIDEO A C 01
- Title: Routes of Rhythm Part
A: From Spain and Africa
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
A. Part I. Traces the
origins of Latin music from Spain
- and Africa. The award-winning documentary
traces the history of Latin
- music from Africa and Spain to its current
place in the United States
- and is hosted by Harry Belafonte. The
Cinema Guild. Please specify
- which part when ordering.
- Language:
English
Length:
60 min.
-
- Callnumber:
MU LA 11 VIDEO B C 01
- Title:
Routes of Rhythm Part B: Popular music in Cuba
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
B. Part 2. Popular music in Cuba. The award-winning documentary traces
the history of Latin music from Africa and Spain to its current place
in the United States and is hosted by Harry Belafonte. The Cinema Guild.
Please specify which part when ordering.
- Language:
English Length:
60 min.
-
- Callnumber:
MU LA 11 VIDEO C C 01
- Title:
Routes of Rhythm Part C: Latin American Music in the United States
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
C. Part 3. Latin American music in the United States. The award-winning
documentary traces the history of Latin music from Africa and Spain
to its current place in the United States and is hosted by Harry Belafonte.
The Cinema Guild. Please specify which part when ordering.
- Language:
English Length:
60 min.
-
-
-
- RELIGION
-
- Call
Number:
R 01 VIDEO C 01
- Title:
In Search of History: Voodoo
Secrets (NEW 2000)
- Media
Type:
video
- Description:
One of the most misunderstood of belief systems, this video offers
a basic explanation of some of the deities associated with various forms
of voodoo like santeria and candomble, while at the same time tries
to debunk the myths that Hollywood has created.
A&E Television Networks.
1996.
- Language:
English Length: 50 min.
-
- Callnumber:
R BRA 01 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Macumba: World of
the Spirits
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Explores the religion
of Macumba in Brazil--a combination
- of African religion and Catholicism.
National Geographic: N.d.
- Language:
English Length: 20 min.
-
- Callnumber:
R BRA 03 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Hail Umbanda
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
An insider's view of
Brazil's fastest-growing religion. University of California Extension
Center for Media and Independent Learning. 1986.
- Language:
English
Length:
46 min.
-
- Callnumber:
R BRA 04 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Bahía: Africa in the
Americas
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
A documentary of the impact on Brazil of African culture and
the Candomble religion. Includes excellent, understandable
explanations of the origins and practice of Candomble and other Afro-Brazilian
religions. One scene
of ''spiritual surgery'' at the end of the film may make squeamish viewers
uncomfortable but easily can be edited.
- Language:
English
Length:
58 min.
-
- Callnumber:
R BRA 08 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Iawo
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Examines the Yoruba
cult of Orisha, brought by African slaves, it still thrives in Cuba
and Brazil. The particular documentary shows the initiation of a group
of women into a temple. The Cinema Guild. 1978.
- Language:
Portuguese w/ English
subtitles Length:
40 min.
-
- Callnumber:
R CUB 01 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Voices of the Orishas
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
This documentary demonstrates
the survival and strength of the Yoruba cultural and religious heritage
of Caribbean African-Hispanics. The video documents a ritual ceremony
performed by Afro-Cubans who practice Santeria in which the pantheon
of 22 deities, or Orishas, are invoked. University of California Center
for Media and Independent Learning. ca. 1995.
- Language:
English Length: 37 min.
-
- Callnumber:
R CUB 04 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Nganga Kyangala
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
This documentary describes
the history, rites and practices of Nganga, the Bantu-based belief system
brought to Cuba by African slaves from the Congo region, focusing on
the morning rites of a palero or priest. LAVA. 1991.
- Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles Length:
33 min.
-
- Callnumber:
R HAI 02 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Divine Horsemen: The
Living Gods of Haiti
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Maya Deren takes us
on a journey into the fascinating world of the Voudoun religion, whose
devotees communicate with the cosmic powers through invocation, offerings,
song and dance. Mystic Fire Video.
1985.
- Language:
English
Length:
52 min.
-
- Callnumber:
R PUE 01 VIDEO C 01
- Title: The King Does Not
Lie: The Initiation of a Shango Priest
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Shows the Afro-Cuban
religion, Santeria, whose New
- World practitioners have been maligned
out of ignorance and
- prejudice. In this intimate documentary
we see a contemporary Puerto
- Rican community of ''santeros'' gather
for the initiation of a priest of
- Shango. Filmakers Library. 1993.
- Language:
English
Length:
50 min.
-
- Callnumber:
R SA 01 VIDEO C 02
- Title: The Crucified Continent
(South American Journey F)
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Discusses the traditional
role of the Catholic Church as supporter of the oligarchy and the status
quo, the emerging role of the Church as protector of the poor and champion
of social justice, and the competition the Catholic Church faces from
African religions and from missionaries like the Mormons. This Australian
production can be used as an excellent example of the survival of ''Black
Legend mentality as it attempts to blame most of Latin America's social
and political problems on Catholicism. Australian Public Television.
1987. (See also DEV/COL/02, DEV/PER/01, DF/BRA/04, GE/SA/04,
HC/SA/01, I/ARG/02, I/COL/03, and I/SA/09 for other segments of the
South American Journey series.
- Language:
English Length: 60 min.
-
-
- SOCIAL ISSUES AND
HUMAN RIGHTS
-
- Callnumber:
SI BRA 03 VIDEO C 01
- Title: Benedita da Silva
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
This film focuses on
the life of Benedita da Silva, the first black woman to be elected to
the Brazilian national congress. A resident of a favela (slum), she
emphasizes living conditions and the plight of the working poor in Rio
de Janeiro. Includes interviews with da Silva and many people who know
her. This film is a good portrait of the personalities and conditions
involved in a grassroots political movement; it touches upon racism,
feminism, ageism, politics, and poverty in general. The Cinema Guild.
1991.
- Language:
Portuguese w/ English
subtitles Length:
30 min.
-
- Callnumber:
SI LA 13 VIDEO B C 01
- Title: Women of Latin America
Part B: Brasil
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
Priests, Samba Dancers,
and Mulattos This series looks at Latin America through its women. Each video tells the stories of Latin American women in different
countries who take on the burden of living and enabling their children
to survive. Produced, directed and presented by Carmen Sarmiento García.
Films for the Humanities. 1995.
- Language:
English
Length:
58 min.
-
- Callnumber:
SI US 02 VIDEO C 01
- Title: America: The New Immigrants
- Mediatype:
video
- Description:
The story of Asians,
Latinos and Africans, and the
- challenges they face in adapting to
life in the U.S. Examines
how the
- immigrants are perceived by the communities
in which they live, the
- question of reverse immigration, and
the historical perspectives of
- immigration patterns to the U.S. The
Christian Science Publishing
- Corporation. 1991.
- Language:
English
Length:
60 min.
- Recommended Bibliography
from Tulane Faculty
-
- Andrews,
George Reid. Blacks and Whites in
São Paulo, Brazil, 1888-1988. Madison: University of Wisconsin
Press, 1991.
-
- Butler,
Kim. Freedoms
Won, Freedoms Given: Afro-Brazilians
in
Post-Abolition São Paulo
and Salvador. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 1998.
-
- Crook,
Larry and Randal Johnson.
Black Brazil: Culture, Identity, and
Social Mobilization.
Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1999.
-
- De
la Fuente, Alejandro.
A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics
in Twentieth Century Cuba.
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2001.
-
- Hanchard,
Michael. Orpheus
and Power: The Movimento Negro of Rio de
Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil,
1945-1988. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994.
-
- Helg,
Aline. Our
Rightful Share: The Afro-Cuban
Struggle for Equality,
1886-1912. Chapel Hill,
NC: University of North
Carolina Press, 1995.
-
- Hellwig,
David, ed. African-American
Reflections on Brazil's Racial
Paradise. Philadelphia:
Temple UP, 1992.
-
- Marx,
Anthony. Making Race and Nation:
A Comparison of the United
States,
South Africa, and Brazil.
New York: Cambridge UP, 1998.
-
- No
Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Americans Today.
London: Minority Rights Group, 1995.
-
- Reis,
João José.
Slave Rebellion in Brazil: The Muslim Uprising of 1835
- in
Bahia.
Baltimore: The
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.
-
- Silva,
Benedita. Benedita da Silva: An Afro-Brazilian Woman's Story of
Politics
and Love. Oakland:
The Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1997.
-
- Trevisan,
João. Devassos no paraíso. Rio
de Janeiro: Record, 2000.
Excerpts
from LARC Lending Library Materials
-
- AUDIO
UNIT:
MUSIC/ DANCE
MU 02 CD C 01: Africa
en America
- Produced
by Discos Corason/ Musica Tradicional.
1992.
- This 3-CD set includes selections
from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Belize,
-
the Dominican Republic,
Mexico, Puerto Rico, Peru, Jamaica,
-
Haiti, the southern U.S.,
Martinique, Nicaragua, Colombia,
-
Brazil, Surinam, Venezuela,
Panama, and Guatemala.
"What
would America and the Caribbean be without the presence of Africa?
We wouldn't have son,
nor cumbia, salsa, nor cadans:
there wouldn't be blues, reggae, calypso, soca,
zouk, merengue, jazz, mambo, cha-cha-cha, or rock 'n roll.
Without falling into cliches, we wouldn't have that exuberant
character, the spirit for life, the ability to speak with the body--and
not just when dancing--nor the continuous search for the harmonization
of rhythm.
The Afro-American
is not a homogenous culture but, from the south of the United States
to the port of Montevideo, passing through the many islands of the
Caribbean, there is a very resistant cultural thread and it traces
back to Africa.
The majority
of indigenous and European people have lived, during almost 500 years,
with the many African groups brought to the new world.
The biological mix created, from the start, a series of contradictions
in the minds of the descendants that contributed, over time to American
identity. In this way,
the Afro-American, or neo-African, as one of the descendants, recreated
his past within an entirely new perspective.
The richness
of the black character and heritage is what makes move--even those
who are not oil-stained as
they say in Cuba,--when we hear the voice of Celia Cruz, the drums
of a rumba mantancera or
the electric rhythm of reggae-rap.
Afro-American
music has spread all over the region.
If in some places--the islands and mainland of the Caribbean,
much of Brazil and the south of the United States--it dominates, in
the rest of the region its influence is also significant.
It's also clear that, at different times and by different people,
this cultural presence has been underestimated, ignored or simply
disregarded. During all
this time, consciously or unconsciously, the influence of black America
on other musics has been transcendental.
When Hernan
Cortes arrived on these shores with his African companion Juan
Garrido,
the story of Africa in America began.
The seed of voodoo, santeria, condomble, dugu, arara, and all the other neo-African religions
was cast. These religions,
blended with other beliefs--Christian and indigenous--are the guardians
of the most profound of what remains in Africa.
There were continuous doses of these values into the Americas,
since the traffic in slaves did not stop during more than three centuries.
new arrivals were received and educated in what the neo-Africans
had already created and they, in turn, brought with them recent experience
of Africa.
In this
cultural hive, where of course it was the Europeans who made the rules,
a new culture was generated and, in particular, a new music.
On one hand, the old songs and drum beats of African religions
were recreated, but on the other, they were mixed with European and
indigenous styles (especially in the case of Brazil) to give birth
to the enormous range of Afro-American rhythms that we know today.
The African
footprint is tamped in the rhythms, sometimes simple, often very complicated,
in the singing style--in the 'call and response' (the soloist calls
and the chorus responds)--in the unexpected--but conscious--changes
in tempo as well as in the melodic lines that are impossible to measure
in terms of European music whether from the 16th or the
20th century.
The many
forms of black music in the Americas today are a reflection, above
all, of how the Africans and Europeans interacted in each place.
The Yoruba, together with other African groups like the Fon
and Bantu, developed alongside people from different regions of Spain,
producing the complexity of Cuban santeria
while the same African groups, in conjunction with the Portuguese,
produced candomble in Brazil.
The Fon, also with the Bantu, mixed with Spaniards, and later
with the French, to give birth to voodoo in Haiti.
AS for the non-religious music, like the son,
cumbia, and merengue, these grew out of the Bantu, Mandiga, and Yoruba cultures,
amongst others, blending with Spaniards in different contexts.
Calypso and mento are clear evidence of the mixture of many
African groups with the British.
In other
circumstances, as in the case of Mexico, different African Cultures
mixed at an early stage with the Spanish and indigenous, leaving a
musical imprint that does not express itself strongly today.
Although Africans lived in many parts of the country, working
in the mines of Central Mexico and on cattle ranches and in sugar
mills in various other regions, the strongest presence today is on
the coasts of the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico.
possibly, today's mestizo styles--like the Mexican son--originally
incorporated certain rhythmic forms from Africa.
In Cuba, on the other hand, the black musical culture flows
strong and, from the end of the last century, it began to reach other
countries. In Mexico,
Cuban music took root and became part of the national repertoire.
It was a Cuban, living in Mexico City, who introduced a new
rhythm that we dare to call Mexican:
the mambo.
In Mexico,
the Afro-mextixo population of the Costa Chica, in Guerrero and Oaxaca
and some regions of Veracruz, voices interpret mestizo songs with
a very African timbre.
There is no musical style, however, that is identifiably African,
like the cumbia from Colombia
or the merengue from Santo
Domingo.
Neo-African
music, religious and profane, has its own distinctive stamp born of
a particular cultural mix.
With reference
to jazz, Virgil Thompson says:
"European classical composition, Anglo-Saxon folk, Spanish
dance metre, hymns, percussion, the German lied,
ragtime, Italian opera, all is food for the insatiable black appetite,
provisions to be digested as if inside every North-American of color
there were, or perhaps is, an ancient African enzyme ready to digest
(or Africanize) voraciously
when it finds musical material in its path."
SLIDE
UNIT:
AFRO-BRAZIL DANCE, CULTURE, MUSIC
I
BRA 14 SLIDE F C 01: Brazil
Slide Series: Salvador/Bahia
Herbert
Knup. University of New
Mexico, 1988.
These images range from historical and contemporary
depictions Afro-Brazil and Afro-Brazilians to religion,
music, and dance. A detailed explanation and depiction of
capoeira, its history,
music, instruments, and choreography is included.
"Salvador, now the capital of Bahia
in the northeastern region, was the capital of Brazil until 1763.
Bahia's sugar and tobacco based economy made it one of the riches
areas of the country during the Portuguese colonization and the early
decades of the Nineteenth century. After decades of stagnation and neglect, Bahia has recently
regained prominence by developing a modern economy built around diversified
agriculture, petroleum exploration and refining and industrialization.
Today Salvador has a metropolitan population of over 2.1 million
and it is expanding rapidly as migrant, attracted by new opportunities,
flow into the city from all over the Northeast.
Salvador has been affectionately called
"Mother of Brazilian cities" or "Black Rome." It possesses a rich African heritage, the result of over three
centuries of slavery. However,
contributions by the Portuguese and Indians make Salvador far more that
just an African city. In
an environment of mystery and beauty, wealth and misery, a continuous
blending of cultures and races has been occurring for nearly 450 years.
In many ways Salvador exemplifies the paradoxes and contrasts inherent
in Brazilian society.
Selections
from LARC Publications
- LATIN
AMERICA:
LAND OF DIVERSITY:
Unit
#15:
African Influences in Latin
America.
Written by Pamela T. Llorens. NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!
LA
TIERRA MAGICA:
Unit #3: La
huella africana en américa latina. Written by Darién Davis and Pamela
T. Lloréns.
Web
Resources
- Afrocubaweb.com.
Many people don't know that an estimated 70% of Cubans have African
ancestors.
Today the island contains priceless survivals of African cultures –
Yoruba, Congo, Old Dahomey, and the Efik/Efo from the Cross River Delta
(Nigeria), giving birth to Abakwa and Brikamo. In addition, Cuba hosts
a number of communities from the diaspora, especially the Caribbean
– Jamaica, the Bahamas, and other English speaking islands as well
as Haiti.
-
- El
Espiritu de mi Mama is a site promoting a film a daughter made
about her Garifuna mother, her culture and heritage. You can watch
video clips and still images from the film itself and if you go to the
"info" Section at the bottom of the page, you will find links
to other information about the Garifuna.
- A review
of No Longer Invisible:
Black Latin Americans Today.
-
-
- An article
about Africans in the Caribbean.
Their history and culture.
-
- United
Nation’s Commission of Human Rights report from 1996
on Colombia’s treatment of its Afro-Colombian population.
-
- Order
form for the Journal
of Afro-Latin American Studies and Literatures.
-
- World
Bank publications page on Afro-Latin America.
A link on the right also takes you to a bibliography on the
subject.
-
- Find out about the black
experience in Latin America and the Caribbean. This page provides
links to relevant sites.
-
- University
of Texas’s LANIC (Latin American Network Information
Center) page. Filled
with good site links and bibliographical resources on the subject
on African influence in Latin America.
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