Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music

by Umi Vaughan and Danielle N. Boaz

Book Overview

Silencing the Drum explores the role of sacred music in Afro-Brazilian religious traditions and provides detailed accounts of religious intolerance, particularly in relation to the drum. The book argues that unless Afro-Brazilian sacred music is protected from a rising wave of attacks, the effects on these important practices could be devastating.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943208905
• ISBN13: 9781943208906
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Amherst College
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"