Twentieth century cultural legacies- dance

Question 1

Songs that included elements of mockery and scandal

Answer 1

“Love Love Alone”
Lord Caresser, 1937
Comments of King Edward VIII’s abdication to marry Wallis Simpson

Question 2

Song that directly tackled subject of independence

Answer 2

“Birth of Ghana”, 1956
Jamaican Gleaner reports that the song sold 300,000 copies
Suggestive lyrics that Nkrumah’s struggle benefited all Africans

Question 3

Federations

Answer 3

form of political representation that would allow increased independence. But plan dissolved partly because of the idea of locating the capital in Trinidad, which Jamaicans didn’t like

Question 4

Gordon and Rohlehr

Answer 4

slave dances “provided therapy for the enslaved trapped in the tedious menage of plantation labour”

Question 5

Kezia Page on community dance

Answer 5

Calinda is a community dance, used for therapy. also dances like quadrille, bel air. These are a form of resistance

Question 6

Get Something an’ wave

Answer 6

(Super Blue, 1991)

calls for solidarity after a failed political coup. Song references Mother Muriel, a Baptist women, waving nations flag as a call to unite across differences
Celebration of figures who challenge political structure

Question 7

Stranger

Answer 7

(Shadow, 2001)
selling carnival to a global audience, who are consuming the Caribbean. Comments on the need for tourism an to encourage it

Question 8

Signal de Plane

Answer 8

(Elephant man)
Page- “sameness is often organised around resistance)
Critiques the power of immigration laws