Earlier in the summer, I immersed myself into 𝘈 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘺, the fascinating book by famed ethnomusicologist Gage Averill, in which he narrates how Haiti’s vibrant and expressive music has been one of the most highly charged instruments in the struggle against oppression at the hands of colonial […]