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Kumina is one of Jamaica's most powerful and least understood African-derived traditions — a religion, a music form, and a way of speaking to the ancestors that has survived nearly 200 years. In this video, we trace Kumina's true origin story, break down the music and movement behind the ceremony, and take you inside the annual Rebirthday ceremony held in Fairy Hill, Portland — an all-night ritual of drumming, dance, and ancestral connection that most Jamaicans have never witnessed firsthand.
Unlike many Afro-Jamaican traditions, Kumina was not brought to Jamaica through slavery. It arrived after emancipation, carried by free Kongo people from Central Africa who came to Jamaica as indentured laborers in the 1840s–1860s. What they brought with them — the drumming, the language, the belief system — remains almost entirely intact today, still practiced in communities across St. Thomas, Portland, St. Mary, and St. Catherine.
In this video you'll learn:
🥁 The real origin of Kumina and its connection to the Kongo Kingdom
🥁 How the bandu and playing kyas drums carry Kumina's rhythm and history
🥁 Why one of Kumina's drums was disguised as a rum cask
🥁 What "myal" possession means within the ceremony
🥁 What happens during the Rebirthday ceremony in Fairy Hill, Portland
🥁 How Kumina shaped Nyabinghi drumming and modern reggae and dancehall


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3,000 YEARS OF IZON HISTORY Nigeria’s First People of the Niger DeltaIn this video, we travel from the earliest days of the Izon people with archaeological finds, oral traditions, and ancient city-states like Agadagba-bou and Isoma-bou — to their meeting with Europeans, rise as trading powers, and bold resistance against colonial rule.If you are Izon or from the Niger Delta, please watch through to the end and share your voice: Did we get it right? Do you have stories or corrections we should include?🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications — new history episodes every Saturday.▶ Part 2 will explore colonial rule, Isaac Boro’s revolt, modern struggles, and how the Izon fight for justice today.📚 Sources and Further Readinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Ijaw_peoplehttps://e #nigerdelta #nigeriahistory

Britain didn't discover Iraq. It invented it. After World War One, the British Empire stitched together three Ottoman provinces that had never been a single country, installed a foreign king who had never set foot on Iraqi soil, staged a referendum with a 96% approval rate, and locked in control of one of the largest oil reserves ever found. This is the full story of how Iraq was manufactured — not for the people who lived there, but for the petroleum beneath their feet.

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