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They Banned The Drum, So We Became the Drum: The Stono rebellion & How Black America Invented American Music
What do you do when they take your drum? You become the drum yourself.
In 1739, twenty Kongolese men marched out of Charleston shouting one word: Liberty. They marched with two drums beating. A year later, South Carolina made that drum illegal - 10 pound fine if your master let you near one.
That law didn't kill the rhythm. It moved it into our bodies.
In this Creation episode of Sankofa Chronicles, Mr. Black History traces the beat from West Africa to America - from the Yoruba talking drum to Congo Square in New Orleans, from pattin' juba and the ring shout to Master Juba inventing tap…
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