Various - Lèspri Ka: New Directions in Gwo Ka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-2010As Guadeloupean vocalist and composer Marie Line Dahomay writes in her liner notes to the compilation, gwoka is more than a style of music, it is a way of living and thinking. Rooted in the social, musical and ritual practices of enslaved African people and their descendants on Guadeloupe, gwoka has always sought to express the spirit of independence and resistance authentic to the island. Building on its traditional call and response form and the

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