From African salsa to Cuban son, Afro-Latin Party showcases the Latin sounds heard in nightclubs from Dakar to Havana. Croatian salsa, Cuban ska, and Oregonian mambo!! These are three more of the unlikely gems listeners will find on Afro-Latin Party. What started out as an effort to provide the perfect soundtrack to a Latin dance party became a tribute to the global appreciation and realization of the musical ricochet between Cuba and Africa.
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Our world music selection is produced by a record company that is committed to helping communities in the countries from where the music originates.
Seductive Brazilian melodies and subtle electronica mix on this collection of contemporary chill-out rhythms. It is impossible to deny the influence that Brazil has on today’s global culture. From music and film to fashion and dance, Brazil has become one of the world’s most important resources of popular art and entertainment. In appreciation of this extraordinary culture, 'Brazilian Lounge' is a collection featuring the sultry voices and urban grooves of many of Brazil’s finest contemporary musicians.
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Our world music selection is produced by a record company that is committed to helping communities in the countries from where the music originates.
French Café is a collection of classic and modern French music that will transport the listener to the romantic streets of Paris. The album features some of the greatest names in the history of French music as well as new artists who are inspired by classic chanson, gypsy jazz and musette.
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Our world music selection is produced by a record company that is committed to helping communities in the countries from where the music originates.
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Knights in armour stand ready for battle with balls!
This product is made in Sri Lanka by Lanka Kade, a company whose aim is to provide continual employment throughout the year for each group of artisans and their families. They employ a full-time representative to uphold their values: a safe and pleasant working environment, equal opportunities, good rates of pay, prompt payment for goods and a quality product at a fair price. In addition, this product is made of rubber wood sourced from exhausted rubber plantations that are replanted every 1015 years, so it's eco-friendly too!
Skittles height: 15 cm
'Salsa Around the World' is a unique collection of hip-shaking salsa tracks from unexpected places. The intoxicating rhythms and joyful melodies of Latin American salsa have traveled the globe, earning new followers and influencing artists from Haiti to Helsinki. Over the years, Latin music has become part of the fabric of mainstream music, its influences turning up in jazz, rock and pop. As this collection demonstrates, it has infiltrated the world’s music as well. On 'Salsa Around the World' one can hear salsa-influenced music sung in Greek, Arabic, Hindi, Papiamento, Wolof, Douala, and Haitian Creole. Typical Cuban instruments such as congas, bongos and timbales are played alongside pennywhistles and panpipes. It is a musical adventure everyone is sure to enjoy.
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Our world music selection is produced by a record company that is committed to helping communities in the countries from where the music originates.
The gentle rhythms of samba, bossa nova and more by legendary artists and fresh new voices. During carnival in Rio, the streets vibrate with the thunderous beats of the samba schools, their energetic rhythms persuading even the frail to dance. After the parties have ended, though, Brazilians start playing the softer, more introspective music for which they are also renowned. While upbeat rhythms like samba, forró and axé have people dancing in the streets during carnival, Acoustic Brazil focuses on the more delicate Brazilian music that comes to life in the aftermath of the party.
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Our world music selection is produced by a record company that is committed to helping communities in the countries from where the music originates.
Get the party started with this fun-filled collection of songs from South Africa to the Ivory Coast. Featuring many of Africa’s greatest artists, this CD collection that celebrates some of the best African music is among the world’s most captivating, and no one will be able to resist moving their feet to this danceable collection.
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Our world music selection is produced by a record company that is committed to helping communities in the countries from where the music originates.
Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz stylings come together on this lively collection of songs by many of the masters of Latin jazz. One of the most familiar jazz genres, Latin jazz has achieved global popularity since big bands in the 1940s and 50s started incorporating Afro-Cuban sounds into their arrangements. This mixture of Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz stylings comes together on Latin Jazz, a lively collection of songs by masters of the genre. Latin Jazz features legends Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri and others.
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Our world music selection is produced by a record company that is committed to helping communities in the countries from where the music originates.
Tango, cumbia and son meet electronica in this contemporary collection of chill-out grooves. A remarkable revolution is taking place in Latin music these days, as electronica and remixing meet the more traditional rhythms of Argentinean tango, Afro-Cuban son, Brazilian bossa nova and Colombian cumbia. On Latin Lounge, artists such as Sidestepper, Si*Sé, Charanga Cakewalk and others prove that there can be a magical blend of modern musical trends and traditional Latin styles.
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Our world music selection is produced by a record company that is committed to helping communities in the countries from where the music originates.
Beautifully made wooden hinged chess board with soapstone board on top and double metal clasp fastening. Contains full set of carved soapstone chess pieces carefully stored inside in a moulded, velvet covered inner, designed to keep each piece seperately cushioned.
Approx Size: 20 x 20 x 4 cm
Chess Piece Height Approx: 21-38mm
This item is made by Madhya Kalikata Shilpangan in India, who help the artisans develop their skills through training workshops, educational and medical facilities, financial aid for new equipment and long-term interest free loans.
Our planet is responding in complex ways to climate chaos, over-consumption and species extinction. This photography book illustrates the wealth that is at stake. Unforgettable images reveal the unexpected, exhilarating beauty of the world’s carefully-balanced ecosystems, and the people whose traditional way of life is under threat. From delicate and colourful coral reefs, to the man-made ecosystem of rice paddies, to the horrible beauty of oil on water, Our Fragile World celebrates the beauty of the world we have and cannot afford to lose.
The compelling photos make you look twice, and think again. It’s a beautiful, complex, fragile planet: we can adapt and learn, working with nature to protect it.
Includes work from some of the world’s leading photographers, and many images that featured in the United Nations Environment Program Photography competition.
From the foreword by Caroline Lucas, Green MEP: “The world that it captures is a world of Aristotle’s four elements: earth, water, fire and air. They are presented at both their delicate best, playing their essential part in the earth’s diverse ecosystems, and at their destructive worst in what must surely be read as a call to arms for the global environmental movement. Our Fragile World adds both urgency and immediacy to our work, by showing both the beauty and fragility of the world around us and exactly what we stand to lose if we fail.”
About the authors: Caspar Henderson is a writer on the environment, energy and political affairs and an editor at openDemocracy.net, a project dedicated to open global politics. Troth Wells has been with the New Internationalist since 1972 . She has written a number of world food books, and is the English language editor of The World Guide, a global reference source that focuses on majority world issues.
This fairtrade 3D model kit arrives pre-cut from wooden board - the pieces simply push out. Once you've pushed them out, start to slot the pieces together to form the model. No tools, cutting or glueing required! There is an easy to follow numbering system to follow to build the model. They look great when built. Once finished the model can be painted or vanished. (paints and varnish not included)
This 3D classic car model kit is imported by Siiren, a UK-based company whose ethos it is to personally ensure their products are not produced in sweatshops and guarantee no child labour has been used. They buy direct from the artisans, which cuts out the middleman and means the artisans are receiving around four times the price for their craftsmanship than they otherwise would. In addition, all Siiren products are made of wood taken from proven sustainable sources, with a required unique stamp and serial number which ensures that the wood is under legal and enviromental control, so they're eco-friendly too!
Assembled size: 28 x 10 x 9.5 cm
Please note: Choking hazard - not suitable for children under 36 months.
'World Groove' is an upbeat, global dance party that features the hottest blends of world music with electronica, dance music and more. It's also an enhanced CD, featuring a colourful music video by Egyptian star Hisham Abbas. The video is a visual celebration of world music and culture featuring videos and concert footage from around the globe.
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Our world music selection is produced by a record company that is committed to helping communities in the countries from where the music originates.
This is a collection of short stories, poetry, seasonal customs and fascinating facts. Great stocking filler for friends and family.
Fiction & prose
Christmas poetry
Steve Turner, Anne Bronté, Thomas Hardy & William McGonagall and others
All the trimmings
All you need to know about seasonal customs, fascinating facts, and some of the best writing remembering Christmases past
Few things evoke more holiday spirit than festive Christmas songs. On A Family Christmas, Putumayo offers a collection of yuletide favourites performed by a fascinating array of artists that every family is sure to enjoy whilst trimming the tree or sharing a Christmas meal.
Seattle-based Johnny Bregar delivers an acoustic rendition of the time-honoured “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” recorded especially for this album. Sleigh bells jingle in singer-songwriter Martin Sexton’s stripped down version of “Holly Jolly Christmas.” Incorporating quirky vocals with a jazzy flare, California-based Big Bad Voodoo Daddy adds his signature retro-swing style to the Louis Armstrong hit “Is Zat You Santa Claus?,” bringing to mind images of Santa stealthily delivering presents to an eager household. And Leon Redbone’s heartwarming interpretation of the holiday standard “Let It Snow” will keep you cozy on the coldest of Christmas nights.
A Family Christmas also features classic songs by country music star Deana Carter; The Christmas Jug Band featuring bluesy singer-songwriters Angela Strehli and Maria Muldaur; British folksinger Kate Rusby; bluegrass innovator Sam Bush; and one of America’s best-loved party bands, Brave Combo. New Orleans-based husband and wife duo Debbie Davis and Matt Perrine and fellow Crescent City musicians Lars Edegran and His Santa Claus Revelers with Big Al Carson round out this joyous collection.
Listen to a clip from Track 1 of the album:
Our broad selection of world music is produced by a record company that is committed to helping communities in the countries from where the music originates.
A must-have cookbook choc-full of wonderful recipes...! The Bittersweet World of Chocolate reveals the eventful history of chocolate and explains why more of us are buying Fair Trade chocolate. Accompanied by 50 recipes from around the world, this book gives a chocolate boost to the mind and the body.
"Enjoy your chocolate and help cocoa farmers at the same time." My Weekly
"An ideal gift for chocolate lovers." Woman Alive
"This beautifully illustrated recipe book gives new ideas for delicious dishes to make with fair trade chocolate." Developments Magazine
This fantastic book provides desset and drink recipes from around the world, with a whole lot of fair trade information to boot!
Features collected recipes from ten years of groundbreaking food publishing and support for fair trade. Features easy-to-cook, vegetarian, and very tasty dishes from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Try rum cake from Mauritius, Lebanese fruit salad, Caribbean ginger beer, or Iranian muhallabia (rice and almond dessert).
Paperback.
A great little 3-piece jigsaw in the shape of a hedgehog. Handmade in Romania.
Size: 7.5 x 8 cm
This item is supplied by Craft UK, a fair trade business importing from Romania. They work with villages in the Transylvania region, paying the artisans a fair price for the goods, a percentage of which is paid when an order is placed with full payment promptly on completion. The business has being set up with the primary aim of improving and making a difference to the lives of those producing the goods. Your purchases will also generate finance for ongoing projects working with disadvantaged young people in Romania.
Brilliant castle playscene complete with working drawbridge and six characters: - Two foot soldiers - Two archers - Two mounted knights Boys will love this!
This fair trade castle is handmade in Sri Lanka by Lanka Kade, a company whose aim is to provide continual employment throughout the year for each group of artisans and their families. They employ a full-time representative to uphold their values: a safe and pleasant working environment, equal opportunities, good rates of pay, prompt payment for goods and a quality product at a fair price.
Dimensions: 36 x 87 x 20.5 cm
Recommended for age 3 years and above.
Fantastic fairytale castle complete with working drawbridge and six characters: - Prince - Princess - Dragon - Frog - King - Wizard Young girls will love this castle!
This fairtrade fairytale castle is handmade in Sri Lanka by Lanka Kade, a company whose aim is to provide continual employment throughout the year for each group of artisans and their families. They employ a full-time representative to uphold their values: a safe and pleasant working environment, equal opportunities, good rates of pay, prompt payment for goods and a quality product at a fair price.
Dimensions: 36 x 87 x 20.5 cm
Recommended for age 3 years and above.
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A brilliant gift certain to be a big hit with young ladies everywhere.
This product is made in Sri Lanka by Lanka Kade, a company whose aim is to provide continual employment throughout the year for each group of artisans and their families. They employ a full-time representative to uphold their values: a safe and pleasant working environment, equal opportunities, good rates of pay, prompt payment for goods and a quality product at a fair price.
Width at top: 28 cm
Recommended for age 3 years and above. Please hang out of reach of very young children.
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