Martin Munro, Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas. Berkley: University of California Press, 2010 Long a taboo subject among critics, rhythm finally takes center stage in this book's dazzling, wide-ranging examination of diverse black cultures across the New World. Martin Munro's groundbreaking work traces the central—and contested—role of music in shaping identities, politics, … Continue reading Munro on Rhythm in the African Diaspora