Object Details
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Anacostia Pre-School Program
Names
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Ofori-Ansah, Kwaku
Collection Creator
Anacostia Community Museum
Citation
African Play, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Ofori Ansah explains children in Africa like to make up stories, games, and songs about animals; he also explains folktales. Ofori Ansah and a group of children play the African game of tail or tail, and sing and dance to Kye Kye Kule. The children, dressed as animals, perform a folktale as told by Ofori Ansah.
Performance - music, dance, storytelling, and theater. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Related to Kwanzaa Programs. 17 copies of African Play. 16 black and white copies. 1 color copy [AV003553]. Some copies have audio and/video distortions. Transcribed from AV000841 - AV000845: Kwanzaa African Play. AV002231: dated 19910827. Remainder of the assets: dated 19780821.
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Local Numbers
ACMA AV003195
ACMA AV003197
ACMA AV003199
ACMA AV003542
ACMA AV003544
ACMA AV003553
ACMA AV003566
ACMA AV003568
ACMA AV003571
ACMA AV003577
ACMA AV003579
ACMA AV000841
ACMA AV000842
ACMA AV000843
ACMA AV000844
ACMA AV000845
ACMA AV002231
General
Title transcribed from opening credits of video recording.
Place
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Topic
African Americans
Children
Games
Play
Storytelling
Folklore
Folk music
Dance
Music
Theater
African culture
Kwanzaa
Education -- Museums
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Anacostia Pre-School Program
Culture
African
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Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
Biographical / Historical
Ofori Ansah was born in Aboasa, Ghana, 1944. Scholar of African and African American art and artists. Professor of African Art History at Howard University where he began a Ghana Travel/Study Program in 2005. Wrote book about children games and folktales from African tradition which were taught at the 1976 Festival of American Folklife, the Smithsonian Institution. Also known as Ofori-Ansah, Kwaku and Ofori-Ansah, Paul, 1944-.;Anacostia Community Museum's Education Department hosted Kwanzaa events, including Kwanzaa workshops and school events as well as Kwanzaa-related films, plays, and storytelling.
Extent
12 Video recordings (open reel, 1/2 inch)
5 Video recordings (U-matic, 3/4 inch)
1 Video recording (VHS)
Date
1978
Custodial History
Produced by The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Anacostia Pre-School Program, and The Museum of African Art (Education Dept.). Technical Assistance Univ. of Dist of Columbia 8/21/78, Producer F. Smith, Director A. Kickerson, Tech Dir. - J. Graham, Audio - R. Colbert, Narrator O. Ansah.
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003191
Type
Archival materials
Video recordings
Folk tales
Musical games
Folk drama
Genre/Form
Video recordings
Folk tales
Musical games
Folk drama
Note
002304
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_ref506
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ACMA.09-023
ACMA
Record ID
ebl-1568815250523-1568815250645-0