Ned Sublette - Ricardo Cane's Shoes, Matanzas

PRODUCT # NSRicardoCane'sShoes,Matanzas

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Description

Medium

Photograph

Length

20 ″

Height

16″

Circa

2000
DETAILS
Matanzas might be the great African city of the New World. It is the cradle of much of what we think of as Cuban culture - the rumba, the danzon, and the African religions of Cuba. Matanzas is the home of the greatest rumba group in history: Los Munequitos de Matanzas, six of whose albums I released on Qbadisc and three of which I produced. Though Havana can swallow you up, I always make at least a day trip to Matanzas to visit Los Munequitos. Cane is a senior member of Los Munequitos, a son of the orisha Chango (lord of the drums) and a very sharp dresser.
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