A look at the Tamboo Bamboo: the precursor to the Steelpan
The birth of various forms of musical expression in Trinidad and Tobago serves as a historical lesson on the resilience and resourcefulness of those who have walked before us, even in the face of attempts by colonial forces to stifle their creative bravado. Before the steelpan, widely known today as the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, there was its forefather, the Tamboo Bamboo. The word tamboo