Vol. 3 No. 1 (2026): Rebuilding the Ruins: Contemporary Performing Arts in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Black Liberation, Culture, and Ritual: An Interview with Herbie Miller

Published 2026-03-26

Keywords

  • Ritual,
  • culture,
  • Jamaica,
  • Music,
  • Black liberation

How to Cite

Bell, K. (2026). Black Liberation, Culture, and Ritual: An Interview with Herbie Miller. IYARIC, 3(1), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.89

Abstract

An interview with Herbie Miller, Jamaican historian and ethnomusicologist.

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References

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  3. Miller, Herbie. 2018. “Sound the Drums, Blow the Horns: The Creative Ethos of Paul Bogle’s Morant Bay War and the Liberationist Ethic of Peter Tosh’s Music.” Jamaica Journal 37 (1-2): 36-45. DLOC.
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