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Drums of defiance : Maroon music from the earliest free black communities of Jamaica.

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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Bilby, Kenneth M., 1953- compiler.
Alexander Street Press.
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.
Series:
Smithsonian Global Sound.
Language:
Creoles and Pidgins (Other)
English
Subjects (All):
Maroons--Jamaica--Music.
Maroons.
Folk songs, Creole--Jamaica.
Folk songs, Creole.
Jamaica.
Genre:
Folk music.
Music.
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (69 minutes)
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1992.
Language Note:
Vocal works sung in Creole or English.
Contents:
Hear when de duppy bawl
Fire da bun
Remember rain, John Warren
Moko Johnny
Morning star
See dem gyal a molain
Me aks me dasha weh him min go
Nyam one day, bui sanga
Kin an beri
Banda gone a wood
Ya ya dempo
Wiri-oo sankoma
Maki bo
Jo leh
Siyumande
Abeng (signaling horn)
Drum language
Shedo
Anabo yedeng
Falla me
Dede bi ankama
Ba wiri-oo
Oh duppy
Siyumande yoyo
Grandy nanny
A mini wai-oo
Ingia mayongo
Squire Smith
Clear road
Wah me gwine do?
Maroon law
Baakini
Fight for war
Medley : Nyabingi.
Notes:
Streaming audio files.
Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
Includes PDF of liner notes in English.
Field recordings recorded, compiled, and annotated by Kenneth Bilby in 1977-1978 and 1991, in Moore Town, Charles Town, Scott's Hall, and Accompong.
Other Format:
Original cat. no.: SFW40412
OCLC:
935245067
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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