{"id":63141,"date":"2022-02-20T03:42:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T03:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=63141"},"modified":"2022-02-20T03:42:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T03:42:05","slug":"polands-multicultural-music-landscape-from-afro-polish-folk-to-polish-jazz-from-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=63141","title":{"rendered":"Poland\u2019s multicultural music landscape: from Afro-Polish folk to Polish jazz from Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poland\u2019s multicultural music landscape: from Afro-Polish folk to Polish jazz from Peru<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Notes From Poland<\/a>
\n2022-02-17<\/p>\n

Zula Rabikowska<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Poland<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Though the death, destruction and displacement of World War Two<\/a> ended that ethnic diversity, the postwar era was marked by migrations from fellow communist countries, in particular Vietnam<\/a>. And in recent years, Poland has recorded one of Europe\u2019s highest rates of immigration<\/a>…<\/p>\n