Vodou Adjae Explained
Vodou Adjae is the first album of the Haitian music group Boukman Eksperyans. It is distributed in the United States and Canada by Mango, a division of Island Records.[1] All of the songs are in Haitian Creole.[2]
AllMusic called Vodou Adjae an "exciting blend of traditional drum rhythms and modern Caribbean pop attack".[3] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1991.[4] The song "Ké-M Pa Sote" was described as "the group’s most popular and controversial song" by the Miami Herald. It was banned from being broadcast, and it was used by supporters of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected president, who was deposed by the military.[5] [6]
Track listing
- "Se Kreyól Nou Ye" (We're Creole)
- "Nou La" (We're Here)
- "Plante" (Plant!)
- "Ké-M Pa Sote" (My Heart Doesn't Leap/I'm Not Afraid)
- "Tribilasyon" (Tribulation)
- "Nou Pap Sa Bliye" (We Cannot Forget)
- "Wet Chen" (Get Angry, Break the Chains)
- "Mizik A Manzé" (Song for a Woman)
- "Mizeréré" (Misery Follows You)
- "Malere" (Poor)
- "Pwason Rat" (Rat Poison)
Notes and References
- News: DUVALIER NEMESIS . 24 February 2024 . Chicago Tribune . 25 December 1992.
- News: Pareles . Jon . RECORDINGS VIEW; When Messages Hide in Riffs And Rhythms . 26 February 2024 . The New York Times . 10 March 1991.
- Web site: Boukman Eksperyans - Vodou Adjae . AllMusic . 24 February 2024.
- News: Brown . Joe . No Substitute For Eksperyans . 24 February 2024 . Washington Post . 22 July 1993.
- News: Boukman Eksperyans return to South Florida for Big Night in Little Haiti . 24 February 2024 . . 15 November 2012.
- Book: Bogdanov . Vladimir . Woodstra . Chris . Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . AllMusic guide: the definitive guide to popular music . 2001 . Backbeat Books/All Media Guide . San Francisco . 978-0-87930-627-4 . 902 . 26 February 2024.
