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Ned Sublette Quotes

That spirit of mockery characteristic of the guaracha was part of the mambo from the beginning Picture Quote #1

Music is so essential to the Cuban character that you can’t disentangle it from the history of the nation. the history of Cuban music is one of cultural collisions, of voluntary and forced migrations, of religions and revolutions Picture Quote #1

Every farm with slaves was a slave-breeding farm. Raising slaves was mostly a cottage industry Picture Quote #1

The two biggest hits (by Machito)... were about that enduring Cuban song topic-food: ‘Sopa de pichn’ [pigeon soup] and ‘Paella’. If you think that all songs about food are double entendres for sex... Well, maybe all songs about food can be double entendres, but in many periods of Cuban history, for many people, food has been harder to get, and the subject of more fantasies, than sex Picture Quote #1

A second line is in effect a civil rights demonstration. Literally, demonstrating the civil right of the community to assemble in the street for peaceful purposes. Or, more simply, demonstrating the civil right of the community to exist Picture Quote #1

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That spirit of mockery characteristic of the guaracha was part of the mambo from the beginning (Ned Sublette Quotes) Music is so essential to the Cuban character that you can’t disentangle it from the history of the nation. the history of Cuban music is one of cultural collisions, of voluntary and forced migrations, of religions and revolutions (Ned Sublette Quotes) Every farm with slaves was a slave-breeding farm. Raising slaves was mostly a cottage industry (Ned Sublette Quotes) The two biggest hits (by Machito)... were about that enduring Cuban song topic-food: ‘Sopa de pichn’ [pigeon soup] and ‘Paella’. If you think that all songs about food are double entendres for sex... Well, maybe all songs about food can be double entendres, but in many periods of Cuban history, for many people, food has been harder to get, and the subject of more fantasies, than sex (Ned Sublette Quotes) A second line is in effect a civil rights demonstration. Literally, demonstrating the civil right of the community to assemble in the street for peaceful purposes. Or, more simply, demonstrating the civil right of the community to exist (Ned Sublette Quotes)