| Yuka | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Kongo music |
| Cultural origins | c. 1800, western Cuba |
| Derivative forms | |
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Yuka is a secular Afro-Cuban musical tradition which involves drumming, singing and dancing. It was developed in western Cuba by Kongo slaves during colonial times. Yuka predates other Afro-Cuban genres of dance music like rumba and has survived in Kongo communities of Pinar del Río, specifically in El Guayabo and Barbacoa, San Luis.[1] Since the 1940s, yuka performances have been recorded by researchers such as Harold Courlander and María Teresa Linares.[2]
- ^ Suárez Rivas, Ronald (4 November 2018). "Los últimos toques del tambor yuka". Granma (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ Linares, María Teresa. 1981. Liner notes to Antología de la música afrocubana Vol. 5: Tambor yuka [recorded in 1978]. EGREM: Havana, Cuba.