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African Music Encyclopedia: Boukman Eksperyans (228 words) |
 | Boukman Eksperyans introduced a musical revolution in Haiti in the late-'80s when they overthrew the popular compas music with their new sound Vodou Adjae (also the title of their first album). |
| Boukman's sound merged dance music with Haiti's religious preoccupation with Vodou (one of the many forms the Yoruban religion took after the Diaspora). |
| Boukman Eksperyans spread their Vodou unifying spiritual message throughout the world with their artful blend of traditional Haitian rhythms with rock, reggae, and Caribbean sounds. |
| Boukman Eksperyans (3195 words) |
| Boukman Eksperyans' music is not just traditional; it has a traditional religious base, a religion often at odds with the dominant political party line in the band's native Haiti. |
| The story of Boukman Eksperyans is one of complicated and chaotic political upheavals, one of danger and subterfuge, one of exciting political and social changes, and, not least of all, one of an exhilarating and compelling musical journey in search of roots. |
| Boukman Dutty, the band's namesake, was a Jamaican-born Vodou priest (and an obvious inspiration for the band) who was at the forefront of the revolution that resulted in freedom for Haiti from French colonialism and slavery in 1804. |
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