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... This chapter examines the ongoing conflicts in Cajamarca and their implications for thinking about corporate accountability and political activism. I relate the book’s previous chapters to the protests in 2012 over the Conga mining project. Protestors argued that four mountain lakes would...

... diverse expressions of the black diaspora in the Americas. The chapter focuses particularly on episodes featuring jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the all-female trio Labelle, and the orchestra led by conga drum virtuoso Mongo Santamaría. Each of these episodes exemplifies the power...