Object Details
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Names
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Collection Creator
Anacostia Community Museum
Citation
Workshop for Children: African Culture, Record Group 09-007.7, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Man leads children in a discussion about cities in West Africa and African culture, including African dance and African drumming. Children participate in a dance and singing lessons. Man also explains how the African talking drum is constructed and how the Yoruba language was reproduced using the talking drum, and shows an example of the Kente cloth of the Ashanti in Ghana. African drumming in the background throughout recording.
Workshop, including music and dance. Part of ACM Education Department Programs Audiovisual Records 1967-2008. Transcribed from physical asset: Percir Borde. Undated.
sova.acma.09-023_ref1574
Local Numbers
ACMA AV003488-2
Place
Africa
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Topic
African culture
Music
Talking drum
Kente cloth
Yoruba (African people)
Ashanti (African people)
Dance
African Americans
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
See more items in
Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989 / Series ACMA 09-007.7: ACM Education Department Programs Audiovisual Records
Extent
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Date
circa 1970
Custodial History
Created for Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003488-1
Type
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Music
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Music
Note
004217 002221
Collection Restrictions
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
ACMA.09-023_ref1574
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ACMA.09-023
ACMA
Record ID
ebl-1568815250523-1568815250736-0