Village Drums of Freedom are free improvisation percussion band founded in 1969 by Trinidadian drummer Gerald Achee. As of 2012 VDOF consists of more than a hundred jembe players all over the world. Most of them are members of Rastafari Movement. Village Drums of Freedom are Calypso band. Every year they play a leading part in the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. In 2003 VDOF released an album Historic travel: cultural rhythms.[1][2]
Village Drums of Freedom | |
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| Origin | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
| Genres | World music, Calypso |
| Members | Gerald Achee, Sanga of The Valley and others |
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edit- ^ Pareles, Jon (3 August 1990). "New York's Carnival, All Grown up". The New York Times.
- ^ "News | the Trinidad Guardian Newspaper". Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2012.