AN INTERVIEW WITH JUAN SOTELO

In an interview, Juan Sotelo talks about Peruvian music, his band, and what it means to be Afro-Peruvian. Among other things, Sotelo explains that "Afro" refers to the inheritance from Africa, and "Peruvian" to the Peruvian descendance. The Spaniards came. They went through the a...

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Published inCallaloo Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 342 - 345
Main Authors Rowell, Charles Henry, Jones, Marcus D., Carrillo, Monica, SOTELO, JUAN, Martinez, Ana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.04.2011
Subjects
African music
Black people
Blacks
Commercial art
Commercial music
Creole languages
Dance
Flamenco dance
Multiracial people
Music
Musical expression
Musical instruments
Musicians & conductors
Racial identity
Sotelo, Juan
Peru
Africa
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Summary:In an interview, Juan Sotelo talks about Peruvian music, his band, and what it means to be Afro-Peruvian. Among other things, Sotelo explains that "Afro" refers to the inheritance from Africa, and "Peruvian" to the Peruvian descendance. The Spaniards came. They went through the area called Chincha Baja and what is now San Jose. When they confirmed that the valley of Chincha was fertile and there was enough water to irrigate far, they brought blacks directly from Africa. That's what gives the mixing among the Indians and the Spaniards. A new race of creoles, of mestizos, is borne.
ISSN:0161-2492
1080-6512
1080-6512
DOI:10.1353/cal.2011.0081