Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Global Perspectives on the Indo-Caribbean Bhojpuri Diaspora and Its Music -- 2. The Trajectories of Transplants: Singing Alha, Birha, and the Ramayan in the Indic Caribbean -- 3. Chowtal and the Dantal: Finding Fertile Soil in the New Homelands -- 4. Bhojpuri Diasporic Music and the Encounter with India -- 5. Tassa Drumming from India to the Caribbean and Beyond -- 6. Concluding Perspectives -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.