Here's a list of books that we recommend to anyone interested in further exploring the roots of Latin music. We would like thank Charity Dell for organizing this list. NOTE: this list is in no particular order of importance.

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22. MUSICA! The Rhythm of Latin America.
Sue Steward, Willie Colon.
Chronicle Books, 1999.
ISBN 0811825663

23. MUSICAL MIGRATIONS: Transnationalism and Cultural
Hybridity in Latin/o America.
Frances R. Aparacio.
Palgrave McMillan, 2002.
ISBN 1403960011

24. MY MUSIC IS MY FLAG: Puerto Rican Musicians and
Their New York Communities, 1917-1940.
Ruth Glaser.
University of California Press, 1995.
ISBN 0-520-20890-0

25. NARCOCORRIDO: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns and Guerillas.
Elijah Wald.
Rayo, 2001.
ISBN 0066210240

26. REGGAE WISDOM: Proverbs in Jamaican Music.
SW. Anand Prahlad.
University Press of Mississippi, 2001.
ISBN 1578063191

27. RHYTHMS OF RESISTANCE: The African Musical Heritage
of Brazil.
Peter Fryer.
Wesleyan University Press, 2000.
ISBN 0819564184

28. RITES OF RHYTHM: The Music of Cuba.
Jory Farr.
Regan Books, 2003.
ISBN 006009038

29. THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CUBAN MUSIC.
Philip Sweeney.
Rough Guides, 2001.
ISBN 1858287618

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