Kan’nida’s music is descended from the labor and funeral chants that this population has been singing for over 150 years.
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Kan'Nida

The group Kan'nida from Guadeloupe (Saint-Anne commune) are the musical expression of the Grands Fonds region, a region of Grande-Terre, where, following the abolition of slavery, a self-sufficient peasant society developed, surrounded by sugar cane plantations.

Kan'nida's music is descended from the labor and funeral chants that this population has been singing for over 150 years. —Courtesy Calabash Music

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