2016 — Sound of a Nation | Rhythm & Roots

2016

50 Yearsby Natural Black

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📜 Guyana turned 50. Four nights of mega-concerts, a float parade with 30 costume bands, and over 60,000 diaspora members returning home made it the biggest celebration since independence. The Golden Jubilee proved that distance cannot dim the love for home.

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“Every time I hear this song I’m back in my grandmother’s kitchen in Berbice on a Saturday morning. She’d be making cook-up and this would be playing on the radio.”— Marcia, Toronto

“My dad played this in the car every time we drove back from church in Georgetown. I didn’t appreciate it then. I do now.”— Devon, London

“This came out the year we moved to Brooklyn. My mother played it every time she was homesick. Which was every day.”— Priya, New York