Drums Along The Congo

Author : Rory Nugent
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504036638
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drums Along the Congo written by Rory Nugent and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of the Congo is rumored to live a dinosaur called Mokele-Mbembe, or the god-beast. A handful of scientific expeditions have searched for it over the years with little success, but Nugent relied less on science than a desire to document the obscure. He made his way by dugout canoe and foot to Lake Tele, reputed home of the brontosaurus-like creature. It’s an environment little changed since the age of dinosaurs and he spent weeks paddling and trekking the area. He finally spotted a periscope-shaped object moving through the water. But when he tried to get closer, his guides threatened to shoot him, explaining that the “the god can approach man, but man never approaches the god.” Nugent’s photographs have been reprinted hundreds of times by those who believe in the god-beast. Drums Along the Congo merited inclusion on “Best 50 Books of the Year” list compiled by every major US newspaper.

Author : Rory Nugent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drums Along the Congo written by Rory Nugent and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rory Nugent
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395670712
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drums Along the Congo written by Rory Nugent and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American explorer and cryptozoologist chronicles his adventures on the Congo searching for the elusive Mokele-Mbembe, a dinosaur-like creature reported to live in the river. By the author of The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck. Original.

Author : TREVOR SALLOUM
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619116596
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conga and Bongo Drum in Jazz written by TREVOR SALLOUM and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book ever published on how to play the conga and bongo drum in jazz. This text is an essential tool for band teachers and drummers playing LatinPercussion in jazz with special emphasis on swing. Includes chapters on history,description, tuning, position/posture, notation, strokes, rhythms, etc. Completewith photos, interviews, music transcriptions and video links. This much-needed text fills a niche in the application of the conga and bongo drum in jazz. Special features include archival photos, a rare interview with legendary jazz guitaristKenny Burrell, online companion video with Candido and Bobby Sanabria and the most comprehensive discography ever complied on the use of conga and bongo drums in jazz with over 100 listings and commentary including Candido, Ray Barretto, Armando Peraza, Willie Bobo, Luis Miranda, Patato Valdez, Willie Rodriguez, Tata Guines and many more

Author : John M. Janzen
Publisher : Scholarly Title
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lemba, 1650-1930 written by John M. Janzen and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1982 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ruth Finnegan
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1906924708
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oral Literature in Africa written by Ruth Finnegan and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.

Author : Gary Stewart
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1789609119
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rumba on the River written by Gary Stewart and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There had always been music along the banks of the Congo River-lutes and drums, the myriad instruments handed down from ancestors. But when Joseph Kabasele and his African Jazz went chop for chop with O.K. Jazz and Bantous de la Capitale, music in Africa would never be the same. A sultry rumba washed in relentless waves across new nations springing up below the Sahara. The Western press would dub the sound soukous or rumba rock; most of Africa called in Congo music. Born in Kinshasa and Brazzaville at the end of World War II, Congon music matured as Africans fought to consolidate their hard-won independence. In addition to great musicians-Franco, Essous, Abeti, Tabu Ley, and youth bands like Zaiko Langa Langa-the cast of characters includes the conniving King Leopold II, the martyred Patrice Lumumba, corrupt dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, military strongman Denis Sassou Nguesso, heavyweight boxing champs George Foreman and Muhammad Ali, along with a Belgian baron and a clutch of enterprising Greek expatriates who pioneered the Congolese recording industry. Rumba on the River presents a snapshot of an era when the currents of tradition and modernization collided along the banks of the Congo. It is the story of twin capitals engulfed in political struggle and the vibrant new music that flowered amidst the ferment. For more information on the book, visit its other online home at rumbaontheriver.com-an impressive resource.

Author : John Taylor Tucker
Publisher : Committee on Literature, General Publicity and Missionary Education of the United Church of Canada,$cc1927.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drums in the Darkness written by John Taylor Tucker and published by Committee on Literature, General Publicity and Missionary Education of the United Church of Canada,$cc1927.. This book was released on 1927 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rory Nugent
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385720130
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Down at the Docks written by Rory Nugent and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the opening pages of Moby Dick, Herman Melville called New Bedford, Massachusetts, “the dearest place to live in, in all of New England.” But the old fishing port and manufacturing center—once one of the richest cities in New England—has withered in the modern economy. Its once-prosperous fishermen now struggle with government regulations and fished-out seas, while its empty factories now offer more work to the Fire Department than anyone else. In Down at the Docks, Rory Nugent tells the “riches to rags” story of this iconic American town through beautifully told and unsentimental portraits of its residents. Their lives inform a eulogy to the distinctive ideas, traditions, and culture that is about to disappear from the waterfront.

Author : Veronica Cecil
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1849019371
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drums on the Night Air written by Veronica Cecil and published by Constable. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veronica Cecil was twenty-five years old when her husband was offered a job at a large multi-national company in the Congo. Filled with enthusiasm for their new life, the couple and their eleven-month-old son set off for an African adventure. Very soon, however, Veronica began to realise that life in the Congo was not what she had imagined. Food shortages were an everyday occurrence; she felt like an outsider at the club in Léopoldville, which only the Belgians and other expats frequented; and flickers of violence were starting to erupt everywhere. Six months later Veronica and her family were sent to Elizabetha, a remote palm oil plantation on the banks of the Congo River. But even here paradise didn't last. Civil war broke out, and the rebels captured the neighbouring town of Stanleyville and took all the whites hostage. Despite the fact that Veronica was on the verge of giving birth, the situation was so dangerous that she and her toddler had to be evacuated. Leaving her husband and all their possessions behind, she and her son began on a two-day journey through the jungle. But on the plane back to Leopoldville, the first labour pains began... Praise for Letters From Abroad, written and read by Veronica Cecil, BBC Radio 4: '... absolutely enthralling' Daily Telegraph; 'Blending her personal memories with the wider picture, Miss Cecil effortlessly packs more into her quarter hour than many an hour long documentary...' Daily Mail.