Carlos Aldama's Life in Batá: Cuba, Diaspora, and the Drum

by Carlos Aldama and Umi Vaughan

Book Overview

Bat? identifies both the two-headed, hourglass-shaped drum of the Yoruba people and the culture and style of drumming, singing, and dancing associated with it. This book recounts the life story of Carlos Aldama, one of the masters of the bat? drum, and through that story traces the history of bat? culture as it traveled from Africa to Cuba and then to the United States. For the enslaved Yoruba, bat? rhythms helped sustain the religious and cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253223784
• ISBN13: 9780253223784
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"