From slavery to freedom: music of the Saramaka Maroons, Suriname

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Gillis,Verna (Produced and Recorded by) and Price,Richard (Annotated by)
    Format:
    Sound Recording
    Publication Date:
    1981
    Published:
    New York: Lyrichord
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Blacks, Music and dance, Songs and music, Suriname, South America, and Saramacca (Surinamese people)
    Notes:
    Recorded in 1977., 1 sound disc: 33 1/3 rpm, stereo. ; 12 in, Ritual songs and folk dance music including the traditional folk tale performance ; sung in Saramaccan ; with talking drum (apinti). Contents include: Music of the Saramaka Maroons, Suriname. Includes: Sêkêti singing -- Apínti talking drum -- Alesingô (pole dance) -- Apúku -- Sêkêti drumming -- Kóntu folktale -- Adunké singing -- Vodu Papagádu (snake god) ritual

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