- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Courlander,Harold (Author)
- Format:
- Sound Recording
- Publication Date:
- 1954
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 2 discs. 33 1/3 rpm. mono. 12 in;
- Subject Term:
- Africa, Drums and drumming, Blacks Caribbean area, Percussion music, and Folk dance
- Notes:
- An anthology of drumming from the continent of Africa, from South America, the West Indies and North America. Contains drum rhythms from the Bahamas, Brazil, Congo, Cuba, Equatorial Africa, Haiti, Jamaica, Madagascar, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Ruanda, South Africa, Surinam, United States, and the Virgin Islands.; Title on container of disc 2: Afro-American drums.; Disc 1: Ruanda - The watutsi -- Ruanda - The watutsi -- French Equatorial Africa - The baya -- French Equatorial Africa - The badouma -- Nigeria - The yoruba -- Nigeria - The yoruba -- Belgian Congo - The bambala -- Belgian Congo - The bambala -- South Africa - The zingili -- Madagascar - The mahafaly. Disc 2: The Bahamas - Jumping dance drums -- Cuba - Djuka dance drums -- Cuba - Lucumi drums -- Haiti - Quitta seche dance drums -- Haiti - Juba dance drumming -- Jamaica - Camina drums -- Brazil - Drum rhythms for the deity Eshu -- Brazil - Drum rhythms for the deity Ogoun -- Virgin Islands - Bamboula dance drums -- Surinam - Djuka drums -- United States - Jazz drumming -- United States - Street band drumming.; Played by native musicians.; Recorded in various places by Leo Verwilghen, André Didier, Moses Asch, Melville J. Herskovits, and others.;
