Barbados Slaves Work Song (c1780)
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Caribbean Folk Song workshops were led by Ethno Vox’s Colin & CeCelia Anderson, in partnership with the Caribbean Social Forum at Woolwich Tramshed.
The workshops were inspired by the rare Caribbean songs featured in our period drama TURNING POINT. TURNING POINT’s sound design features our own original interpretation of the unique, scarcely-known and deeply poignant “”Barbados Slaves’ Work Song”” (c. 1780). You can find out more about the song and listen to it on our research page below.
Over twelve weeks of workshops, participants from the Caribbean Social Forum formed a new choir which culminated in a public performance to commemorate Slavery Emancipation Day on 1st Aug at Woolwich Tramshed. See photos below of the sharing day taken by Trevor Price.
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