Poland’s multicultural music landscape: from Afro-Polish folk to Polish jazz from PeruPosted in Anthropology, Articles, Arts, Asian Diaspora, Europe, Media Archive on 2022-02-20 03:42Z by Steven |
Poland’s multicultural music landscape: from Afro-Polish folk to Polish jazz from Peru
Notes From Poland
2022-02-17
Poland is often depicted as an ethnically homogeneous country, and in some senses it is. Contemporary Polish identity, however, is more complex and diverse than is often represented in the media, and the markers of Polishness are changing.
Historically, Poland was a multicultural country, with a third of its population composed of minorities. That rich legacy is still reflected in contemporary culture, from food to literature and art.
Though the death, destruction and displacement of World War Two ended that ethnic diversity, the postwar era was marked by migrations from fellow communist countries, in particular Vietnam. And in recent years, Poland has recorded one of Europe’s highest rates of immigration…
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