Miami Herald: Latin American Hip Hop

Image Copyright © Noelle Theard-All Rights Reserved The Miami Herald just produced a brilliant multimedia feature on the hip-hop culture in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. The feature is part of a larger many-layered and equally brilliant feature titled A Rising Voice: Afro-Latin Americans which examines social and racial tensions in Nicaragua, Cuba, Honduras (just listen to the beat of the Garifuna music!), Dominican Republic and Brazil.The Latin American Hip Hop feature is a Soundslides production, with the photographs of Noelle Theard, a Miami-based photojournalist, whose talented lenswork and great sense of color/movement...

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NY Times: Venezuela's Devil Dancers

Michael Stravato for The New York Times-All Rights Reserved An interesting, but predictably produced, multimedia feature has just been published in the New York Times. It covers (rather superficially) an Afro-Venezuelan tradition in parishes near Venezuela�s Caribbean coast which has been practiced since the late 18th century. The tradition of the �Dancing Devils� has received support from President Hugo Ch�vez�s government as it seeks to raise awareness about Venezuelan folklore and promote new forms of tourism.In a small town south of Caracas called Yare, on the Roman Catholic feast day of Corpus Christi, the "devils" dance around the main...

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