Big Drum on Little Carriacou

Cast Iron Productions

English - September 13, 2019 10:10 - 27 minutes - 63.4 MB
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Zakia Sewell returns to the home of her grandparents, Carriacou, a small island off the coast of Grenada, to discover the Big Drum tradition - a dance ritual with its origins in West Africa and passed on through generations since the slavery era.
Produced for BBC Radio 4