September 25, 2016

IN CARRIACOU: THE LONG-AWAITED MOTHER AND CHILD RE-MEETING, SEPTEMBER 27-30, 2016

Reading Time 4 mins         (part 2 of 2) Caldwell Taylor   Home is the place where , when you have to go there, they have to take you in. -Robert Frost Our drum is the shortest route to Africa, and the Big Drum ritual signifies the unity of Carriacou’s nine African nations. In order of precedence the nations are: Arada (Rada), Cromati, Igbo, Manding, Temne, Kongo, Chamba, Moko, Banda. The Temne, Number Five in the Big Drum circle,will celebrate a historic reunion in Carriacou, September 27 to 30. The occasion promises to overcome the pain of… Read More »IN CARRIACOU: THE LONG-AWAITED MOTHER AND CHILD RE-MEETING, SEPTEMBER 27-30, 2016