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As Guadeloupean vocalist and composer Marie-Line Dahomay writes in her liner notes to the compilation, gwoka is more than a style of music, it is “a way of living and thinking.” Rooted in the social, musical and ritual practices of enslaved African people and their descendants on Guadeloupe, gwoka has always sought to express the spirit of independence and resistance authentic to the island.
Building on its traditional call-and-response form and the ideas of pivotal figures like Gérard Lockel and Christian Laviso, modern gwoka evolved throughout the second half of the twentieth century to include funk, jazz and electronic influences.
Tracklist
A1. Dao - Chen'n La
A2. Gaoulé Mizik - Sonné Lékla Sonné
B1. Thibault "Freydy" Doressamy - O Fon A Kê An Nou
B2. Emboule Jean-Claude, Louison Gerome et Le Groupe Kako - Enjafann Kann
B3. Gui Konket - Kimbé Rèd!
C1. Michel Laurent - Matla La Mouyé
C2. Horizon - Ti Malo
C3. Kalindi Ka - Yo
D1. Selekta Ka - Nou Woukou Mansé A Zero
D2. Groupe Béloka - Menm Chimen-la