Black people and Their Culture : selected writings from the African diaspora / Rosie Lee Hooks, Program Coordinator, Bernice Reagon, Folklorist, Linn Shapiro, Editor, Elizabeth Whitfield, Administrative Assistant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-2024, folklorist.

Shapiro, Linn, editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African diaspora in art.

African diaspora--20th century.

African diaspora.

Music--African influences.

Music.

Black people--America.

Black people.

America.

African Americans.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

140 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1976.

Contents:

Introduction: Bicentennial Notes

1. Overview. One concept of the Black Diaspora / Roy Bryce-Laporte; The festival of American folklife: a rededication of American cultural values / Saka Acquaye

2. Mall. The African Diaspora program: a photo essay / Rosie Lee Hooks

3. Field Research. Oyotunji, South Carolina field report / Adetokunbo Olatunle; The wooden chains that bind: a look at one shared creation of two diaspora woodcarvers / William H. Wiggins, Jr.; Leon Rucker: woodcarver / Worth Long and Roland Freeman; Phillip Simmons: Afro-American blacksmith / John M. Vlach; Appliqué / Kate P. Kent; Arabing in Baltimore / Roland Freeman; Cornrowing: 'new' hairstyle, ancient art / Pamela Johnson; African cooking / Dinah Ameley Ayensu; Black music of Latin America and the Caribbean / Dr. Leonard Goines; Interview with Freddy Massey, Director of the Guybau Invaders, Champion Steelband of Guyana / Dr. Bernice Reagon; Drumming in the New York Puerto Rican community: a personal account / Rene Lopez; Origins of Black gospel music / Jane Sapp; Performance style in Black gospel music / Pearl Williams-Jones; Salisu the praise singer / Cobey Black; Capoeira Angola / Anne Dimock; Zebola and the crocodile's vengeance / Halim El Dabh; Rediscovering our cultural values / Roger Dorsinville.

Notes:

"American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976."

"Sponsored by American Airlines General Foods."

"Summer 1976."

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

OCLC:

1002314874