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Rebel Sounds: Musical Resistance in Barbados

The Radio 3 Documentary by BBC

Jan 29, 202344:37Society & Culture

From 1627-1807, nearly 400,000 human beings were kidnapped, sold and shipped in horrific conditions across the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the tiny island of Barbados. There, they were enslaved by British landowne...

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Rebel Sounds: Musical Resistance in Barbados is an episode from The Radio 3 Documentary by BBC. From 1627-1807, nearly 400,000 human beings were kidnapped, sold and shipped in horrific conditions across the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa t...

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