The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight

by Lorna McDaniel

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This text introduces 120 of the song texts and dances that call and entertain the ancestors who are central to Carriacou religious experience. Lorna McDaniel looks at the nine coded rhythms of the boula drums and the history of the nine African nations that inhabited early Carriacou.
  • ISBN13 9780813016078
  • Publish Date 31 October 1998
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University Press of Florida
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 192
  • Language English