Milton Nascimento
Missa dos Quilombos
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AMG Review of Missa dos Quilombos
Terri Hinte
All Music GuideQuilombos were settlements established by runaway slaves during the Portuguese colonial period. Nascimento's mass (recorded in 1982) "celebrates the death and resurrection of the Negro people in the death and resurrection of Christ." It was banned by the Vatican.
 "Missa dos Quilombos")
