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Songs for Shango (Singer)
Merceditas Valdez
Songs for Shango (significance)
Santeria worship for orisha Shango
Songs for Shango (instrument)
iya ilu bata drum
Songs for Ogun (singer)
Lazaro Ros
Songs for Ogun (Significance)
Santeria Praise for warrior orisha Ogun
Songs for Ogun (instrument)
iya ilu bata drum
Song for Ebioso (singer)
Ojun Degara
Song for Ebioso (significance)
Arara music for fodun Ebioso (Ewe-Fon equivalent of Shango)
Song for Ebioso (instrument)
junga drum
Palo [Bantu] (singer)
AfroCuba de Matanzas
Palo [Bantu] (Significance)
From Kongo religion Palo
Palo [Bantu] (instrument)
caja drum
Congo Yambumba (singer)
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
Congo Yambumba (significance)
Rumba guaguanco courtship dance
Congo Yambumba (instrument)
quinto conga drum
Maki Bo (singer)
Maroon community of Moore Town
Maki Bo (significance)
Pawpaw music that opens Kromanti Dance for spirit possession ceremony
Maki Bo (instrument)
Printing drum + Printing-man (okrema)
Me Aks Me Dasha Weh Him Min Go (singer)
Moore Town Maroons
Me Aks Me Dasha Weh Him Min Go (significance)
Jawbone recreational dance enlivening Kromanti Dance Ceremony
Me Aks Me Dasha Weh Him Min Go (instrument)
Printing Drums
Kumina Cult Drumming and Singing (singer)
Kumina Spirit Possession Society (immigrants from 1800 Kongo) + Kumina Drum Ensemble
Kumina Cult Drumming and Singing (significance)
Kumina Spirit Possession Music that influenced Nyabingi and Reggae
Kumina Cult Drumming and Singing (instrument)
kyas drum
Kings Highway (singer)
The Rastafari Elders
Kings Highway (significance)
Nyabingi drumming of Jamaica with call-and-response + liturgy of Rastafari faith
Kings Highway (instrument)
akete drum + Nyabingi ensemble
Agoloña (singer)
Manoel’s Group - Salvador, Bahia
Agoloña (significance)
Ketu style of Candomble religion/music of Yoruba culture
Agoloña (instrument)
rum (lead) + rumpi (support)
O Nega Que Vende Ai (singer)
Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho
O Nega Que Vende Ai (significance)
Brazilian martial art/ritual dance Capoeira of Angola
O Nega Que Vende Ai (instrument)
berimbau musical bow
Brasil Berco Dos Imigrantes (singer)
Escola de Samba Imperio Serrano
Brasil Berco Dos Imigrantes (significance)
Rio style samba enredo
Brasil Style Dos Imigrantes (instrument)
repinique drum + cavaquinho 4-string plucked lute
Cerca Da Bakel (singer)
Ile Aiye (House of Life)
Cerca Da Bakel (significance)
samba reggae of bloco afro from African Descendants 1970s Salvador, Bahia
Cerca Da Bakel (instrument)
Surdo + Caixa Drums
Papa Legba Ouve Baye (singer)
Performers unknown
Papa Legba Ouve Baye (significance)
Rada branch of Vodun, Yanvalou Dance, of Ewe-Fon Africa; Iwa Legba to open every ceremony
Papa Legba Ouve Baye (instrument)
manman drum (segond response and bula support)
Brave Guede (singer)
Wawa and Group
Brave Guede (significance)
Rada Music for Iwa Guede for Banda dance
Brave Guede (instrument)
Banda drum (segond response and bula support)
Petwo (singer)
Sanba Zawo and Djakata Group
Petwo (significance)
Kongo music culture of Haiti; Petwo Iwa are dangerous warriors who led the Haitian Revolution
Petwo (instrument)
2 Petwo Drums, gros baka (lead),
Panama mwe Tombe (singer)
Ti Band L’avenir
Panama mwe Tombe (significance)
early Haitian meringue (national popular music based on sacred Kongo dance rhythm)
Panama mwe Tombe (instrument)
guitar, tambourine, timeline (on a bottle), shaker
Sire-Sire (singer)
Tito Otero and Group Viento de Agua
Sire-Sire (significance)
bomba predecessor of Puerto Rico plena music
Sire-Sire (instrument)
2 barriles (barrel-shaped drums), maracas, and cua sticks for timeline
Ahora Si (singer)
Tito Otero and Group Viento de Agua
Ahora Si (significance)
Example of plena music
Ahora Si (instruments)
set of panderetas frame drums with many pitches like tambourines
Shango Ceremonial Music (singer)
Port of Spain 1939
Shango Ceremonial Music (significance)
Shango cult of Trinidad
Shango Ceremonial Music (instrument)
Ogu drum, (Shango response + Omele support marching drums)