"Traces the history of Haitian classical or "learned" music from the eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century by examining the state's role as a patron to the arts, the development of the educational system, the call for a national Haitian music in the early twentieth century, and individual composer's biographies." (author)
Examines the genesis of the French Antillean concept of Creolite that emerged in the 1980s and shows "how, through zouk, the popular music that emerged from Guadeloupe and Martinique in the early 1980s, Creolite is being defined, (re)presented, and negotiated." (author)
"In London and in the North American cities where migrants from the Caribbean have instituted Carnival, the majority of people are ignorant about the nature of calypso: it is stereotyped in their minds as music for tourists. Accordingly, I would like to give a brief description of the true nature of calypso and of the steelband as an orchestra, so as to set the records straight and undo some the Eurocentric damage to Caribbean art forms." (author)
