The Checkout

Zara McFarland Pieces Together Her Afro-Carribbean Heritage on The Checkout


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Zara McFarland may be from England, but she's made it her mission to understand her Afro-Carribbean heritage by investigating the folkoric music of Jamaica, one of England's former colonies, and also the home of her parents. The Checkout caught up with McFarland at the Soleil Summer Festival , in St. Lucia. What are the rhythms of Kumina and Nyabinghi, and what are their origins? Much to McFarland's dismay, there is little research on these ritual music styles, originated in the islands by
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The CheckoutBy Simon Rentner

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