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As contemporary Tambu music and dance evolved on the Caribbean island of Curacao, it intertwined sacred and secular, private and public cultural practices, and many traditions from Africa and the New World. As she explores the formal contours of Tambu, Nanette de Jong discovers its variegated history and uncovers its multiple and even contradictory origins. De Jong recounts the personal stories and experiences of Afro-Curacaoans as they perform Tambu-some who complain of its violence and low-class attraction and others who champion Tambu as a powerful tool of collective memory as well as a way to imagine the future.

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To understand Tambu is to understand Caribbean music. Donald Hill, SUNY--Oneonta Examines the practice of Tambu that is associated with the syncretic religious tradition of Montamentu using memory as a framing device for understanding the African-derived cultural values, musical expressions, and socio-politically resistant behaviours against dominant European-based ideals of acceptability. Michael Largey, Michigan State University

To understand Tambu is to understand Caribbean music. -Donald Hill, SUNY-Oneonta Examines the practice of Tambu that is associated with the syncretic religious tradition of Montamentu using memory as a framing device for understanding the African-derived cultural values, musical expressions, and socio-politically resistant behaviors against dominant European-based ideals of acceptability. -Michael Largey, Michigan State University Overall, this volume in Indiana University Press's Ethnomusicology Multimedia series is an important contribution to Caribbean ethnomusicology and studies of creolization processes. -New West Indian Guide De Jong emphasizes 'tambu's' role as a medium of memory, cultural and political commentary, and commemorative history. -Latin American Music Review

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Nanette de Jong is Senior Lecturer at the International Centre for Music Studies, Newcastle University.

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