Caribbean Institute
for EcoLiberation
Kitu Cosmetics
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Service
Print, Digital & Web
Client
Kitu Cosmetics
Year
2035
Kitu.
Cosmetics
What sets Grenada off from the other Franco-English islands is the presence of a third language, the ritual Yoruba of the Shango religion, also called African Work.
Grenadian Shango is probably the least known branch of the Yoruba diaspora in the Americas, and the Alan Lomax recordings may be the only documentation in existence of its music.
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From Grenada, the home of many legendary calypsonians (including the Mighty Sparrow himself), come these rare recordings of carnival bands, kalinda drumming, the cocoa lute, and the deeply spiritual Yoruba songs of Shango or “African Work” — a vital but little-known branch of Afro-American religion that links Grenada with other expressions of the Yoruba Diaspora in Cuba, Brazil, Trinidad, and New York.
