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Marjorie Whylie

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Jamaican musicologist, percussionist and long-time musical director of the National Dance Theatre Company, an authority on Kumina, Revival and other Afro-Jamaican rhythmic traditions and a teacher at the Jamaica School of Music.

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NDTC official history; Institute of Jamaica; Jamaican music scholarship.

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Musical & sonic elementsPeople & rolesStyle, language, faith & wider culture

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How Jamaica built companies and schools to hold Kumina, Jonkonnu - and eventually dancehall.

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