Track Listing

1. Hear when de duppy bawl - Maroons of Moore Town
2. Fire da bun - Maroons of Moore Town
3. Remember rain, John Warren - Maroons of Moore Town
4. Moko Johnny - Maroons of Moore Town
5. Morning star - Maroons of Moore Town
6. See dem gyal a molain - Maroons of Moore Town
7. Me aks me dasha weh him min go - Maroons of Moore Town
8. Nyam one day, bui sanga - Maroons of Moore Town
9. Kin an beri - Maroons of Moore Town
10. Banda gond a wood - Maroons of Moore Town
11. Ya ya dempo - Maroons of Moore Town
12. Wiri-oo sankoma - Maroons of Moore Town
13. Maki Bo - Maroons of Moore Town
14. Jo Leh - Maroons of Moore Town
15. Siyumande - Maroons of Moore Town
16. Abeng - Maroon abeng player
17. Drum language - Maroon printing-man
18. Drum language - Maroon printing-man
19. Shedo - Maroons of Moore Town
20. Anabo yedeng - Maroons of Moore Town
21. Falla me - Maroons of Charles Town
22. Dedi bi ankama - Maroons of Charles Town
23. Ba wiri-oo - Maroons of Scott's Hall
24. Oh Duppy - Maroons of Scott's Hall
25. Siyumande yoyo - Maroons of Scott's Hall
26. Grandy Nanny - Maroons of Scott's Hall
27. A mini wai-oo - Maroons of Accompong
28. Ingia Mayongo Accompong Maroon singer
29. Squire Smith - Maroons of Accompong
30. Clear road - Maroons of Accompong
31. Wah me gwine do? - Maroons of Accompong
32. Maroon law - Maroons of Accompong
33. Baakini - Maroons of Accompong
34. Fight for war - Maroons of Accompong
35. Nyabingi Medley - Maroons of Accompong

Drums of Defiance

Maroon Music from the Earliest Free Black Communities of Jamaica

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[These recordings] featuring complex, West African influenced drumming and dancing, this little-known rural tradition is at the heart of modern, politically charged reggae music. The conviction heard here reveals a long history of struggle. During the 17th and 18th centuries, some of the Africans brought to Jamaica as slaves escaped to the mountains. There they settled, and over time, became known as "Maroons". Today, four major Maroon colonies still exist in Jamaica's rugged western Cockpit Country and in the eastern Blue Mountains. Some selections on this recording were previously issued in 1981 on Folkways 4027. "..an aural kaleidoscope, presenting small glimpses into the colorful world of the Maroon music of Jamaica." – Sing Out