Rock It Come Over: The Folk Music of Jamaica / Edition 1

by Olive Lewin

Overview

Rock It Come Over describes the music and lore of Slavery from the early sixteenth century through emancipation in 1838 to the mid twentieth century. Lewin explores the role of music in the lives of the slaves as a method of communication, as a form of resistance and subversion, as a repository of oral history and beliefs, and, ultimately, as a means of survival. The work is based on decades of research into the music sung and played by the working people of Jamaica. Lewin relates the music to traditions that preserve an African way of life and the beliefs of Kumina queen, Imogene “Queenie” Kennedy.

Rock It Come Over is the most extensive study of Jamaican folk music yet published. It is also an examination of the roots of that music and a record of the folk heritage that is, in spite of many efforts, rapidly retreating before the pressures of life today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789766400286
Publisher:	The University of the West Indies Press
Publication date:	06/28/2009
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	1260L (what's this?)

About the Author

Olive Lewin is the director of the Jamaica Folk Singers and cultural director of Grace, Kennedy Ltd.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgements

Introduction
The Making of a Musician
Slavery: Old Soul in a New World
Conflicting Concepts of Wealth

Non-Cult Traditional Jamaican Music
Music for Work, Play and the Spirit
Mento and Other Styles for Dance, Entertainment and Ceremony

Cults and Cult Misuc in Jamaica
Maroon, Tambo, Goombeh, Ettu, Nago
Revivalism and Rastafarianism

Kumina and Queenie Kennedy
The Kumina Cult
Queenie Kennedy: Her Life
Queenine Kennedy: Her Teaching and Her Work
Conclusion

References
Index