Carlos Aldama's Life in Batá: Cuba, Diaspora, and the Drum

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169 i n d e x Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations ; page numbers in bold refer to terms appearing in the glossary. Relationships of family members to Carlos Aldama are given in parentheses. Abakuá: Abakuá lodges, 9, 44, 49, 62, 78, 86–87, 159n35; Abakuá secret society, 9, 159n16, 160n19; Añá association with, 29; Carlos Aldama relationship with, 48–49, 86–87; Conjunto Folklórico and, 73; masquerade dance, 9, 32, 158n23; Matanzas as center for, 29–30, 32–33; migration to Cuba, 3–4; in Nigeria , 102–103; plante (ceremony), 46; sexuality and, 94 aberikulá (unconsecrated batá), 19–20, 130, 153–54 Aceituno, Carlos, 147–48 Adofó, 44, 82, 160n23 African Diaspora: African American batá drummers, 99; drumming as symbol in, 147; in Europe, 104; fundamental connections of, 5; Western popular culture and, 39 Afro-Cubans: Afro-Cuban Arts Movement , 40; Afro-Cuban heritage, 3–5; Cuban military in Africa and, 71; Cuban Revolution effect on, 65, 69–71; political and cultural repression of, 39, 67–68; scholarship on, 39–40. See also Cuba; Lucumí; and particular ethnicities Agayú rhythm, 124 Aguabella, Francisco, 2, 105, 133 Aguirre, Josefina (La Chiquitica), 60–61 Ajayí, Miguel, 44 Akilakpa. See Roche, Pablo Ako Bi Añá (drums of Trinidad Torregosa ), 82, 86–87 akpwon (designated singer), 22–23, 153 Álaba (Cuba), 42 Alaro Yemayá rhythm, 59–60, 68–70, 116, 125–26, 142, 160n21 (chap. 2) alcohol, 56, 58 Aldama, Alfonsito (brother), 79 Aldama, Antonio (brother), 86 Aldama, Carlos (Ọba Kó ˙ wé(ì)’lù): as batá apprentice (of Jesús Pérez), xii, 43, 44, 48–50, 54, 60, 83, 89–91, 91, 114–15, 136; on batá as dedication, 37, 64, 114–15, 140–42; as batá teacher, 9–10, 93–96, 110–11, 111, 114, 118, 140; drumming style of, 63–64; on folklorization, 67–70, 74, 160n22 (chap. 3); golden age of Lucumí culture and, 2, 41, 72–73; in Historia de un ballet, 76, 76–77; Ọba Kó ˙ wé(ì)’lù as title, xii–xiii; performing career of, 46–48, 52, 66, 74; personal life, xix–xx, 13, 41–42, 85–89, 159n12; photos, 76, 92, 106–107, 111, 114, 139, 141, 151; pre-Revolution experiences, 2; sucio performance and, 58–59, 130; swearing ceremony for, 54; as tambolero, 134–35; Yoruba heritage of, 42–43, 97, 102, 144–45 Index 170 Aldama, Dalia (daughter), 85, 136 Aldama, Dionisio (great uncle), 42 Aldama, Domingo, 41–42, 144, 159n12 Aldama, Ignacio (father), 41–42, 48, 65, 86 Aldama, Iliana (daughter), 85 Aldama, Maida (daughter), 85 Aldama, Michel (son), 85, 95 Aldama, Ricardo (cousin), 91 Aldama, Saturnina (great grandmother), 42 Aldama, Yvette (wife), 86, 108, 136–40, 148 aleyo, 23, 56, 153 Alfonsito, 73 Alfonso, Alejandro. See Adofó Alfonso, Carlos, 46–47, 50 el almuerzo (ritual meal), 50, 55, 72, 94–95, 100, 107–108 Alubanché rhythm, 121 aluya, 122, 153 Amadito, 63 Amira, John, 133, 157n20 Añá, 28–29, 153; family lineage, 19–20, 29, 37–38; in kariocha ceremonies, 56; masculinity and, 94; as representative of community, 98–99, 146–47; spiritual influence over drums, 89; in toques, 23, 54–55; U.S. ceremony for, xx, 100, 132 Añá Abolá (drums of Carlos Mena), 134 Añá Agueré (drums of Bill Summers), 133 Añá Ilú (drums of Eric Barberia), 38, 134 Añá Lade (drums of José Francisco Barroso ), 38, 134 Añá Lade Odo Meji Ará Okó (drums of Michael Spiro), 133–34 Añabí (No Filomeno García), 36 Ananda, Rick, 134, 138 Anastasio, 63 Andrés Sublime. See Roche, Andrés Angarica, Nicolás, 37, 44, 52–54, 110, 132, 160n18 Angarica, Papo: affiliation with Ifá, 63; individual creativity and, 32, 38, 109; personal life, 52–54, 63; as post-Revolution drummer, 83, 137 Angarica, Sergio, 52–53 ángel de la guarda, 57, 153 Angola, 13, 71, 88–89 Arará rhythm, 128 Armandito, 52, 73, 89 Armando el Sordo, 60 Ashanti, 3–4 Aspirina, Mario, xii, 47, 63, 73, 137 Aspirina, Pedro. See Valdez, Pedro Pablo “Aspirina” Atandá (No Juan el Cojo), 36 La Atómica, 46 Àyàn, xi Baba Sikú, 60–61 babalawos, 28, 35, 38, 88, 103, 105, 153 Babaluayé (San Lázaro), 120, 126, 136, 142 Bacallao, Estéban “Chachá,” 32, 46, 83, 86–87, 133, 159n34 Bacin, Andrés (El Ciego), 44 Bajuba Changó rhythm, 24, 46, 60, 96, 123, 128 Barberia, Eric, 35, 134 Bariba Ogedema rhythm, 120 Barnet, Miguel, 10, 74 Barreto, Guillermo, 48, 84 Barroso, José Francisco, 8, 35, 134 bat...