Various Artists
Drums of Defiance: Maroon Music from the Earliest Free Black Communities of Jamaica
Label:  Smithsonian Folkways 
Date:  9/14/1993
Length:  0:00
Format:  CD
Genre:  Folk; World Music
  Category:  folk
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Hear When De Duppy Bawl    
      2.  
      		 Fire Da Bun    
      3.  
      		 Remember Rain, John Warren    
      4.  
      		 Moko Johnny    
      5.  
      		 Morning Star    
      6.  
      		 See Dem Gyal A Molain    
      7.  
      		 Me Aks Me Dasha When Him Min Go    
      8.  
      		 Nyam One Day, Bui Snaga    
      9.  
      		 Kin An Beri    
      10.  
      		 Banda Gone A Wood    
      11.  
      		 Ya Ya Dempo    
      12.  
      		 Wiri-oo Sankoma    
      13.  
      		 Maki Bo    
      14.  
      		 Jo Leh    
      15.  
      		 Siyumande    
      16.  
      		 Abeng (Signaling Horn)    
      17.  
      		 Drum Language    
      18.  
      		 Drum Language    
      19.  
      		 Shedo    
      20.  
      		 Anabo Yedeng    
      21.  
      		 Falla Me    
      22.  
      		 De Bi Ankama    
      23.  
      		 Ba Wiri-oo    
      24.  
      		 Oh Duppy    
      25.  
      		 Siyumande Yoyo    
      26.  
      		 Grandy Nanny    
      27.  
      		 A Mini Wai-oo    
      28.  
      		 Ingia Mayongo    
      29.  
      		 Squire Smith    
      30.  
      		 Clear Road    
      31.  
      		 Wah Me Gwine Do?    
      32.  
      		 Maroon Law    
      33.  
      		 Baakini    
      34.  
      		 Fight For War    
      35.  
      		 Nyabingi: Medley    
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      Featuring complex, West African influenced drumming and dancing, this little-known rural tradition is at the heart of modern, politically charged reggae music. The conviction heard here reveals a long history of struggle. During the 17th and 18th centuries, some of the Africans brought to Jamaica as slaves escaped to the mountains. There they settled, and over time, became known as "Maroons." Today, four major Maroon colonies still exist in Jamaica's rugged western Cockpit Country and in the eastern Blue Mountains. Some selections on this recording were previously issued in 1981 on Folkways 4027. "..an aural kaleidoscope, presenting small glimpses into the colorful world of the Maroon music of Jamaica." –Sing Out