Louise Bennett
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- ACMA AV003299-2
- General
- Title transcribed from physical asset.
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Names
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Bennett, Louise, 1919-2006
- Collection Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Jamaica
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- African Americans
- Community museums
- Calypso (Music)
- Tales
- Colonization
- Maroons
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- See more items in
- Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
- Extent
- 2 Sound recordings (open reel, 1/4 inch)
- Date
- circa 1967
- Custodial History
- Created at Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Identifier
- ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003299-1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Sound recordings
- Music
- Drama
- Citation
- Louise Bennett, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Music
- Drama
- Note
- 001607 001526
- Scope and Contents
- Jamaican poet and folklorist Louise Bennett conveys Jamaican history and culture through Calypso folk songs, folk stories, lullabies, and soul songs, which are religious tunes sung in Jamaica. She also talks about the colonization of Jamaica, the towns where the Maroons live in Jamaica, and the song and dance of the Maroons. Performance followed by announcement of a fundraising program to send Anacostian youth to the Caribbean area and additional musical performance by The Colombians (not on this recording).
- Performance. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Undated.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1568815250523-1568815250694-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
