Date of Award
Spring 2012
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Major
International Studies
First Advisor
Vijay Prashad
Second Advisor
James Younger
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Ozuzu, Chioma Viola, "Steel Pan's Heart". Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2012.
Trinity College Digital Repository, https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/196
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Comments
Senior thesis completed at Trinity College for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in International Studies.