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Wareika Hills

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The Wareika Hills, on the eastern edge of Kingston, site of the Rastafari camp where Count Ossie gathered drummers in the 1950s and where burru and Kumina rhythms were forged into Nyabinghi — a cradle of the drumming that entered Jamaican records via "Oh Carolina.".

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David Katz, Solid Foundation; Verena Reckord; Rough Guide to Reggae.

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Count Ossie and the Birth of Reggae

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Story · Well supportedDrums they didn't want on air

Rastafari drumming came down from the Wareika Hills and onto record while colonial-era radio kept its distance.

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