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

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Bilby,Kenneth M. (Author)
    Format:
    Sound Recording
    Language:
    Vocal works sung in Creole or English.
    Publication Date:
    1992
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Smithsonian/Folkways
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    Smithsonian/Folkways: CD SF 40412 (on container: SF CD 40412)., sound recording; 1 compact disc, Field recordings recorded, compiled, and annotated by Kenneth Bilby in 1977-1978 and 1991, in Moore Town, Charles Town, Scott's Hall, and Accompong.

    2. Kenneth Bilby Collection of Audio Field Recordings

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Bilby,Kenneth M. (Author)
    Format:
    Sound Recording
    Language:
    dut fre spa cpe cpf crp
    Publication Date:
    1974-2008
    Published:
    Chicago, IL: Columbia College Chicago, Center for Black Music Research
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    Many of the song texts are in creole or ritual languages., 214 sound discs (digital) + 2 v. of log sheets, Field recordings, primarily of music, made as part of Bilby's ethnographic and ethnomusicological fieldwork. Jamaica and French Guiana are particularly well represented, but the collection also includes recordings from Antigua, Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent, Suriname, Tobago, Trinidad, and the U. S. Virgin Islands, as well as Cuban music recorded in New York.