Gwoka : The soul of Guadalupe?

A documentary directed by Caroline Bourgine, Olivier Lichen.

Synopsis

The GWOKA, a tra­di­tional alive music, rooted in the Guadelu­pian soci­ety. Dur­ing the “lewoz par­ties”, with the Gwoka’s drums, the last mas­ters of the Ka can see young musi­cians and dancers look­ing for a tra­di­tion dated back the neg-mawon time, these slaves on the run, who oppos­ing the planters, by com­mu­ni­cat­ing thanks to the drums. With: Akiyoka, Carnot, Eric Cosaque, Henri Délos, Kan’nida, Guy Kon­ket, Napoléon Magloire, Gérard Pom­mer, Poukoutan’n, Antoine Sopta, Georges Troupé…

The doc­u­men­tary is under trans­la­tion and will be avail­able at the end of 2011. For fur­ther infor­ma­tion, do not hes­i­tate to con­tact us : contact@zaradoc.com