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The slinky funk of Perus black communities the legacy of Spanish slave trade was a secret on the international scene until Luaka Bops Afro-Peruvian Classics: the Soul of Black Peru. An entrancing amalgam of Afro-Caribbean beat, flamenco flash and Spanish poetry, the music of Perus African communities has undergone a renaissance in that country. Now revered in Peru on a par with our devotion to the Delta, Afro-Peruvian music has turned the worlds impression of the Andes upside down. |