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African Languages and Societies

Trinity College

2012

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Steel Pan's Heart, Chioma Viola Ozuzu Apr 2012

Steel Pan's Heart, Chioma Viola Ozuzu

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Even though mostly Afro-Trinidadians play pan, the Steel Pan instills national identity and pride because Pan has become internationally popular and the proliferation of so many steel drum events before carnival, including Panorama-the world largest Steel Pan competition.The purpose of this paper looks the hybridization and Creolization of the music culture of the nation, in regards to the major ethnic groups, especially Indo-Trinidadian.