Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mayo, Sandra Richards

Titel

A Sound Legacy: The Making of Jamaican Music at the Alpha Boys' School and Home

Ist Teil von

• Caribbean quarterly, 2013-03, Vol.59 (1), p.50-69

Ort / Verlag

Kingston: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• According to past student Derrick Stewart, music opened a world of opportunities, providing him with exposure to life outside of Alpha and introducing him to people and experiences to which most Jamaicans would not have access. According to interviewee Charles Simpson, "Up to this very day, the most outstanding thing probably market in Jamaica now, is music. [...]the musical situation at Alpha helps to illuminate the historical problem of European imperialism, and its impact on the development of folk and creative arts. According to Howe, recruitment efforts in the colonies during the early twentieth century were established upon widespread propaganda campaigns that further reminded blacks of their obligation to the British Empire and appealed to their desire for the same rights and recognitions so freely granted to whites.41 Within this effort, various institutions helped to carry forth a message of growing patriotism and allegiance.