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    1. Distant Drums: The Unsung Contribution of African-Jamaican Percussion to Popular Music at Home and Abroad

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    BILBY,KENNETH (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2010
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Caribbean Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    56(4) : 1-21
    Notes:
    The article discusses the importance of percussionists and drummers in Jamaican popular music, especially reggae, arguing that their contributions have often been under-estimated. It emphasizes the traditional African roots of characteristic Jamaican drumming styles. An overview of the history of Jamaican percussion and drumming is provided. Musicians discussed include Babu Bryan, known for his Kumina drumming, Watta King, a drummer in the Buru tradition, and Oswald "Count Ossie" Williams, who developed the Nyabinghi style of Rastafarian drumming.

    2. Painters and Paintings in Another Life

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Baugh,Edward (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    March-June, 1980
    Published:
    Mona, Jamaica: Extra Mural Dept. of the University College of the West Indies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Caribbean Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    26(1-2) : 83-92
    Notes:
    Also in Critical perspectives on Derek Walcott. Compiled and edited by Robert D. Hamner. Washington, DC: Three Continents Press, 1993, p. 239-250.

    7. Augusta Zelia Fraser in Jamaica: The Case for Racial Separation

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Bryan,Anthony T. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2002
    Published:
    Mona, Jamaica: Extra Mural Dept. of the University College of the West Indies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Caribbean Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    48(4) : 12-26
    Notes:
    This work describes cleavages of race, class and caste in the colonial Jamaican company. It tackles the question of the relation between race and culture.

    10. Revivalism: A Disappearing Religion

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Chevannes,Barry (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    September-December, 1978
    Published:
    Mona, Jamaica: Extra Mural Dept. of the University College of the West Indies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Caribbean Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    24(3-4) : 1-17
    Notes:
    Considered that Revivalism was a disappearing religion in Jamaica and no longer an important factor in the religious life of the people.