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Abeng
The Abeng is a cultural heritage instrument rooted in community with the Maroons of Jamaica. The culture surrounding the abeng originated in African Jamaican traditions inherited from the enslaved Africans trafficked to the island. For the Jamaican newspaper, see Abeng (newspaper). For the 1984 novel by Michelle Cliff, see Abeng (novel).
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The Abeng is a cultural heritage instrument rooted in community with the Maroons of Jamaica. The culture surrounding the abeng originated in African Jamaican traditions inherited from the enslaved Africans trafficked to the island. For the Jamaican newspaper, see Abeng (newspaper). For the 1984 novel by Michelle Cliff, see Abeng (novel).
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