Village_Drums_of_Freedom

Village Drums of Freedom

Village Drums of Freedom

Percussion ensemble

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]

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  1. [1]
    Pareles, Jon (3 August 1990). "New York's Carnival, All Grown up". The New York Times.
  2. [2]
    "News | the Trinidad Guardian Newspaper". Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
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