THE SINGING
June 25 29$ July 2-6
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Services & Festival Hours
Participants
Daily Schedules
Contributors & Sponsors
Staff
Educational Offerings
Friends of the Festival
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
A map of the Festival site
islocated on the back cover of this program book.
Table of Contents
Services & Hours
Participants
Special Concerts &
Related Events
Daily Schedules Contributors &
Sponsors
Staff
ional Offerings NDS OF THE FESTIVAL
MITHSONIAN ItoLKWAYS
Recordings A
Festival Hours
The Opening Ceremony
for the Festival takesplace
in themain music
tentof
theSacred
Sounds program
at 11:00 a.m.,Wednesday, June
25th.Thereafter, Festival
hours
are11:00 a.m.
to5:30 p.m.
daily,with dance
partiesfrom 5:30
to7:00 p.m. every evening and concerts from 7:00
to9:00 p.m. every evening except
July 4th.Festival Sales
Traditional
African immigrant and
MississippiDelta food
is sold.See
the sitemap on
theback cover
for locations.A
varietyof
crafts,books, and Smithsonian Folkways recordings
related to the1997
Festival are sold in the Festival SalesShop on
theMall-side lawn of
theNational Museum
of American
History.Press
Visiting
members of
the pressshould
register at thePress Tent on
theMall near Madison Drive and
12th Street.First Aid
A
first aid station is locatednear
theAdministration
areaon
the
Mall
atMadison Drive and
12th Street.
Restrooms & Telephones There
areoutdoor
facilities for the publicand
visitorswith
disabilities locatednear
allof
theprogram
areason
theMall.
Additional restroom
facilities are available ineach of
themuseum buildings during
visit- ing hours.Public telephones
are avail- ableon
the site,opposite
theNational Museums of Amer-
ican
History and Natural
History,and
inside themuseums.
Lost & Found/
Lost Children & Parents
Lost items may be turned
in or retrieved at theVolunteer Tent near
theAdministration area
at12th Street
near Madison
Drive.
Lost family members may be claimed
attheVolunteer Tent
also.Metro Stations
Metro
trains willbe running every day of
the Festival.The
Festival site is easily accessible
from
theSmithsonian and Federal Triangle
stationson
theBlue and Orange
Lines.Services for Visitors with Disabilities
To make
the Festivalmore
accessible to visitors
who
aredeaf
orhard of
hearing,audio loops
are installed in themain music
tent ineach program
area.
Sign-language
inter-preters are
on
siteevery day of
the Festival.Check
the printedschedule and
signs for inter- pretedprograms. Special
requests for interpretersshould be made
at theVolunteer
Tent.Oral
interpreters are available for individuals ifarequest
ismade
three fulldays
in ad-vance.
Call(202)287-3417 (TTY)
or(202) 287-3424
(voice).
Large-print copies of
the dailyschedule and audio-cas-
setteand
Brailleversions of
theprogram book
are available at Festivalinformation kiosks and
theVolunteer
Tent.A
limitednumber of wheel-
chairs are available at theVol- unteer
Tent.Volunteers
areon
call to assist
wheelchair
usersand
toguide
visitorswith
visu- al impairents.There
are afew designated parking spaces
for visitorswith
disabilitiesalong both Mall
drives.These spaces have three-hour time
restrictions.Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife 85
The
Mississippi Delta Home Area
Gene
Chinn.Chinese traditions;
Clarksdale,
MS
Noah
Chinn.Chinese traditions;
Clarksdale,
MS
Bradley
Chow,
Chinese traditions;Clarksdale,
MS
Gilroy
Chow,
Chinese traditions;Clarksdale.
MS
Lisa
Chow,
Chinesetraditions;
Clarksdale,
MS
Sally
Chow,
Chinese traditions;
Clarksdale,
MS
Dinni Clark, Southerncook;
Columbus,
MS
Lawrence
M.
Craig, barbecuecook;De
Vails Bluff,AR
LucindaCusic, Southern cook; Leland.
MS
Georgie Fisher,garden- er/flowerarranger;
Greenville,
MS
Albert Kelly,
barbecue pitmaker;
Monroe,
LA
Jewel
McCain,
tamale maker;Vicksburg.MS
limaRodriguez, tamalemaker;
Natchitoches,
LA
MarthaSkelton.quilter:
Vicksburg,
MS
HenriettaTaylor,quilter;
Greenville,
MS
Alice Virden, gardener/flower arranger;
Greenville.
MS
Edna
White,tatter;Jackson,
MS
Tampa
Wilson, basket maker; Bentonia,MS
Play Area
Delta
Dance
Hall Eddie Cusic, bluesgui-tar;Leland, Mississippi
New Orleans
Dixieland Jazz
Band —
Dixieland Jazz
Ed
Dowling.trumpet;New
Orleans,LA
David Hansen, drums;
New
Orleans,LA
Tim
Laughlin, clarinet;New
Orleans,LA Tom
Roberts,piano;Annapolis.
MD
DavidSager. trombone;
Washington.
DC
Big
Lucky &
HisMighty Men
ofSound
-Traditional Blues;
Memphis, TN
Shirley Bobo,vocals Levester"Big
Lucky"
Carter, guitar/vocals Willie
"Boogieman"
Hubbard, keyboards MelvinLee, bass DavidValentine,
drums/vocals
Kenny
BillStinson&
The Ark-La-Mystics —
Rockabilly
Kevin Gordon, electric guitar;Nashville,
TN
PaulGriffith, drums;
Nashville,
TN Lome
Rail, bass guitar;Nashville,
TN
Kenny
Bill Stinson, piano/guitar;W.
Monroe,
LA
Sweet
MissCoffy &
The
MississippiBurn'in
Blues Band —
SoulBlues
Dennis Bonds,guitar;
Jackson.
MI
GregoryDishmon.drums; Pearl,
MS
Veeta Hatten.
keyboards/vocals;
Jackson,
MS
WillieJamesHatten.
bassguitar; Jackson.
MS
George Myrick.guitar;
Jackson.
MS
Claude C. Wells, key- boards; Jackson,
MS
Group — Rhythm &
Blues;
Memphis. TN Jimmy
Kinnard, bass CharlesPitts, guitar James Robertson,drums
JimSpake, tenor sax MarvellThomas,
keyboards
Rufus
Thomas,
vocals ScottThompson.
trumpet
Camp
SiteBob
Neill.camp
activities; Leland,
MS
Butch Richenbach, duck
caller; Stuttgart,
AR
Ann
Sides,camp
activities;
Rosedale,
MS
GeorgeSides,
camp
caretaker;
Rosedale,
MS Work Area
Mabry
Anderson,crop duster;Clarksdale,MS
Harry WilliamsBranton.
catfishfarmer;
Leland,
MS
Collins Brent,boat works;
Greenville.
MS
Grady "Bubba"
Brown, cropduster;Lake Providence,LA Wayne
"Tookie" Collorn.cotton work/harmoni-
ca; Rayville,
LA
HenryDorsey, cotton work/guitar;
Rayville.
LA
Robroy
Fisher, cotton farmer;Greenville.
MS
Penny Morris, net maker;
Yazoo
City.MS
Yazoo
City.MS
Billy Pearson, cotton farmer;Sumner.
MS
Phil Robertson, hunting
&
fishing skills;W.
Monroe,
LA
OrenRussell, towboat captain;
Baton Rouge,
LA Hugh
Warren,catfish farmer;
Indianola.
MS
Worship Area
Worship Crafts Rabbi David Skopp.Jewishcrafts;
Memphis, TN
Annie Staten,
baptismal robe maker;
Monroe,
LA
GayleSteen,altarcloth maker;Clarksdale.
MS
MarthaWeissinger.
christening
gown
maker;Greenville.MS
Worship Stage
PenolaCaesar, lined-out hymns;Monroe.
LA The Gerald
Lewis Singers—
Gospel Billy Bays,electric gui-tar/bassguitar;
Crossett,
AR
Renee Calongne. vocals;
W.
Monroe,LA
Kelvin Clark,electric guitar;
W.
Monroe,LA
Freedona Dobbins, vocals;
W.
Monroe,LA
Allan Eppinette.electric guitar/bassguitar;
Monroe,
LA
Nick Ezell,steel guitar;
Bastrop,
LA
Chuck
Harris,drums;Bastrop,
LA
Gerald Lewis, piano;
Monroe,
LA
—
Gospel Keith Myles.vocals;Washington.
DC
LaShondra Myles, vocals; Lyon.
MS
Rev. Marvin Myles, vocals; Lyon,
MS
Marvin Myles. II.
vocals;Lyon,
MS
Melvin Myles, vocals;Lyon.
MS
OliviaMyles, coordinator;
Lyon,
MS
SamanthaMyles, vocals; Lyon,
MS
Michael
Thomas,
keyboards;Clarksdale,
MS
ReverendWillie Morganfield.
oratory skills;
Clarksdale.
MS
BrotherPhillip Payne, oratoryskills; Lake Village,
AR
Revelators —
GospelGene
Coghlan, vocals;Drew.
MS
JimEllis, vocals/guitar;
Drew,
MS
Carl Massengail.
guitar/banjo/vocals;
Jayess,
MS
Herbie Swain, vocals/guitar;
Cleveland.
MS
Winnsboro Easter Rock
Ensemble;Winnsboro,
LA
Hattie
M.
Addison LaketaAddison BookerT. Burkhalter SheilaJacksonJimmy
JonesTammie
Lynch Shirley Spears Rev.Lionel! WilsonFood Concessions
Catfish Corner,Horn
Lake,
MS
Willingham's Bar-B-Que,
Memphis, TN
African
Immigrant
FolklifeEnterprise Area
African Braidsand
Accents
(Senegalese)Agnes
Diouf;SilverSpring.
MD
SainabouSallah;
Silver Spring.
MD
Touba
BraidingCenter
(Senegalese)Mama
Keita FatouThiam
Issa
Thiam
Thony
Anyiam, owner/designer,Anyiam's Creations International (Nigerian);Langley Park.
MD
BukolaBabalola. owner/
manager.
Oyingbo
Market (Nigerian);Hyattsville.
MD
Gloria Cole, importer (SierraLeonean);
Hyattsville.
MD
Tamiru Deget'a. owner/
manager. Merkato Market (Ethiopian);
Washington.
DC Dame
Gueye, glasspainter(Senegalese);
Greenbelt.
MD
Namory
Keita.wood-
carver (Malian);Washington.
DC
Maurice Kinyanjui.
owner.
Simba
Records (Kenyan); Langley Park.MD
EstherMahlangu.
Ndebele painter/
beadworker (South African)
Nabil Makar. visual artist (Egyptian);
Wheaton.
MD
Rahel Mekuria, owner/
manager. Addissu
Gebeya
(Ethiopian):Washington.
DC
Abdirahman Mohammed,
visual artist(Somali):
Riverdale.
MD
Omar
Nyang.tailor (Senegalese);Mt. Rainier.
MD
Nwangaji "Gihgf*
Ogbonna. dressmaker.
Gihgi's African Fashions(Nigerian):
Washington.
DC
Ann Olumba.
braider (Nigerian):
Washington.
DC
Dorothy Osei-Kuffuor.
dressmaker, Sarpong/
Osei Enterprises (Ghanaian); Riverdale.
MD
PatrickOwusu-Afriyie, shoemaker
(Ghanaian); Langley Park.
MD
John Rutayaga, traditional medicine (Tanzanian);
Washington.
DC Muna
Salih,hennaartist(Sudanese);
FallsChurch.
VA
Olubanke Sekoni, owner. Levirop's LagosFashions 'n Fabrics(Nigerian):
Langley Park.
MD
Mamo
Tessema. potter (Ethiopian);New
Carrollton.
MD
Mahmoud
Tutu,owner/butcher.
Tutu Market and Butcher(Egyptian):
FallsChurch.
VA Rome
Yitbarek.basketweaver(Ethiopian):
Alexandria,
VA Music & Dance
AfricanMusic
Ambassadors —
Juju,Soukous(Nigerian):
Langley Park.
MD
Itunu OluAbaiko,
drummer
Saubana Adekunle.conga
Sami Agagu, leadvocals Ayalere Alajede,
talking
drum
TopeAregbesola, vocals Samuel Ebidighi,bass Russel Lyle, saxophone Frank Martins,
leadrhythmguitar
—
Traditional Music& Dance
(Nigerian);Forestville.
MD
EventusAkai.
dancer/drummer
Emmanuel
Akpa.dancer/drummer Ekerete Akpaete.
dancer/drummer IsaiahAkpaete.
dancer/drummer Grace Akpan, dancer
Imo
Akpan.dancer/drummer Regina Akpan, dancer Vivian Bassey, dancer
Edemekong
Esema,dancer IbokEsema.
dancer/drummer Samuel Esema,
dancer/drummer Idongesit Eshie,dancer
Mfon
Eyo, dancer/drummer Idorenyin Ikpim.dancer/drummer JustinaIkpim. dancer
Mfonobong
Ikpim.dancer/drummer Florence Inwang.dancer Helen Inwang. dancer Paul Inyang,
dancer/drummer Benjamin Obong.
dancer/drummer Nse Obong,
dancer/drummer
Uwem
Obong, dancer/drummerEno
Okon.dancer LouisaOkon.dancer Wilson Oduk.dancer/drummer Roland Udo.
dancer/drummer UtibeUdo.
dancer/drummer
Aniekeme
Udofia, dancer/drummerSam
Udofia,dancer/drummer
Unyime
Udofia, dancer Beatrice Udonsen,dancer
Michael Ukpong, dancer/drummer
Association
SandyOsei
Achampong, drummer
Kingsley Addai,
drummer
Yaw
FobiAgyapong.drummer
VeraAgyeiwaa,drummer
Yaw
OforiAhenkorah.drummer
Rad
Akorli,drummer Mammyaa
PokuaAmoah,
dancerNana
B.Amoah,
Jr.,dancer
JenniferAnokye. dancer
Maureen
Anokye, dancei Angie Boadu,dancerYaw
Boakye, leader,drummer
JohnKankam,
dancer GeorginaNsiah.leader, dancer Michelle Nsiah, dancer Cecilia Ntim.dancer DanielNtim,
drummer
Margaret Ntim,drummer
Matilda Ntim, dancer AliceOsei.drummer
Nickie Osei,dancer Sandra Osei.drummer
Albert Poku-Sarkodie,drummer
JosephYeboah. leader/
dancer/drummer
Bakula,
Highlife&
Soukous, Washington,
DC
Bilo
Ray
Adoye.vocals (Ghanaian) Juju Amegavi,
dancer (Togolese)
Kosua
Amegavi.dancer (Togolese) FrancisAsongda, rhythm
guitar(Nigerian) ltadi Bonney. lead guitar/
vocals (Togolese) George
Kwaku.
keyboard (Ivoirian) Gerti Selina
Mwaro.
vocals (South African)
Samba
N'Diaye.bass (Senegalese) JeanPapy Ramazani,
vocals (Congolese.
DemocraticRepublic)
(Nigerian);
Lanham. MD
Abiodun
Adepoju.vocalsKemi
Anazia.dancer/vocals
Kemi
Oriowo, dancer/vocalsTayo
Oriowo,drummer
Kankouran —
Traditional
Dance &
Drumming
(Senegam- bian/Pan-African);Washington,
DC
AteyaBall, dancer PaulaColeman,dancer Antionette Connell.
dancer
Sue
Ann
Forde, dancerRandee
L.Grant, dancerMedoune
Gueye.drummer
WilhelminaJoseph.dancer
Assane Konte,leader Steve Mcallister,
drummer
Malari Moore,
drummer
JosephSoh Ngwa,
drummer
Babatunde Pyne.drummer
KevinWaller,dancer
The Kasbah Band -
Moroccan
Chaabi and RuiMusic;Alexandria.
VA
Lahsen Azzar, percussion
Mohamed
Djebbour.lead guitar
Karim
El Hamti, lead vocalistKamal
Essalhi. violin/background vocals Ismail Haddou. bass/
background vocals Abdel Kader Rhanime.
saxophone/keyboards/
backgroundvocals
Abderhahman
Rhanime.drums/background vocals
Anis Rhanime.
keyboards
Mohamed
Rhanime.percussion
Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife 87
Festival Participants
Kengmo —
Traditional Music& Dance
(Cameroonian);Washington,
DC
Terril K.
Dongmo
Pemell D. Fongan
Kengmo
Agnes
Koutchieu PatrickKwankam
Mitchell
Lamont
LindaMachekou Kokomos —
Juju,Makossa, Yoruba Gospel (Nigerian);
Washington.
DC
Layo
Ajibade Nathaniel Ajibari TitusOgungbe
JohnOkanlawon Tayo Oriowo
Gabriel Osanyingbemi DjimoKouyate
&
Mamaya —
AfricanJazz (Senegalese/Pan-Afri- can);Washington,DC
Alex Holland,saxophone John Holland, keyboard Aisha Jackson, vocals
Amadou
Kouyate, djembedrums Djimo
Kouyate,komhoca\s Tom Newman,
guitar GregPhillips, trapdrums
Jay Turner, bassJoe Yanovitch,guitar
Mahala — Township
Music(South African);Bethesda,
MD
JamesLevy, keyboards RichardLynch,
drums
SteveMcGovern,
bassguitar
Apry'alMcNeil, vocals
Thembi
Mtshali, vocals TabethaMueller, vocalsMongezi
"Chris" Ntaka,lead guitar/music director
Jean FrancisVarre, percussion
Memory
ofAfricanCulture —
Traditional Music
&
Dance
(Senegam- bian/Pan-African);Washington.
DC
Afia Akoto,dancer
Akosua
AkotoAkua
Akoto FotieAkoto Kofi AkotoKweku Akoto
OseiAkoto Mahiri Edward,lead
drummer
MalikHooks Awura-Akua
JohariAkua
Femi Kouyate, dancerAmadou
Kouyate Bintou KouyateDjimo
Kouyate. bora Makini Niliwaambieni,dancer Diallo
Sumbry Nkenge Sumbry Muridulah Male and
Female Choral Groups —
SufiMusic
(Senegambian)Dahiratul
JamiatuSalaam
ofWashington,
D.C.Cheikh Dieng, vocals
Ndiounga
Dieng, vocalsMaine
Diokhane, vocals Rassul Fall, vocalsMamadou Mountaga
Gueye, vocalsMokhtar
Gueye,vocalsMamadou
Kane,vocals Cheikh Kebe,vocalsMame Mor
Mbacke, vocalsAbdou
LahatMbaye,
vocalsLamine Mbaye,
vocals MalickMbothe,vocals FallouSamb,
vocalsMamadou Samb,
vocalsMoustapha
Sankhare,vocals
Abdoulaye PeleSeek.
vocals
TallaSeye, vocals ElhadjThiam,vocals
Mbaye
Thiam, vocalsDahira Sokna Mame
Diarra Bousso
Katy Ba, vocals Fatou Dia,vocalsMariame
Diagne, vocals AdjaDiop, vocals Aissatou Diop, vocalsNdeye
Diop, vocals SosseGassama, vocalsAdjaGuine, vocals Aissatou Koundoul,
vocals
Lika Ndiaye, vocals SodaNdiaye, vocals
Ndoumbe
Niang. vocals AdjaSeek, vocals Atta Seek, vocals AdjaThiam, vocalsMame
Penda Thiam.vocals
Maty
Thiam. vocalsNorth African Ensemble —
Traditional Music;
FallsChurch.
VA Majed
Alsaray Khaled Baldi Corina BouzghiaMohammed
BouzghiaMahmoud
Hassanein Sayed IssmealMahmoud
TutuNorthern Sudanese
Community —
Traditional Music
&
Dance
Hadia
M.
Abdel-Mageed, vocals;Springfield,
VA
Ali Elsigaid, vocals;
Washington,
DC
Tabaruk Gibreel, dancer;
Washington,
DC
Amira
Yousif, dancer;Washington,
DC
Pa
Alex and
Generations—
Dance
Hall Music (Ghanaian);Chevy
Chase,MD
PaAlex, lead vocals Billy Da, trumpet Papa Louis, lead guitar Kwasi Michael,
keyboard
Sammy,
saxophoneKwame
Seth, bass guitar/vocals FrancesTawa, congasNan
Willi, rhythmguitarThe Volta Ensemble —
Traditional Music
&
Dance
(Ghanaian);Rockville.
MD
CynthiaAku, dancer David Aku,Jr..dancer David Aku. Sr.,
drummer
Josephine Aku,musician GideonAllotey,drummer Gordon
Allotey,drummer
Amanda Azuma,
dancer EricAzuma, drummer
EvelynAzuma,
musicianLynda Azuma,
musician SefeAzuma,
dancerSelom Azuma,
dancerEnyonam
Blege,dancerEyram
Blege,dancer Felly Blege,drummer Nana
Blege,drummer
Sitsofe Blege,dancer JeffKriebel,
drummer
AlexandraNuwame,
dancer
Georgina
Nuwame,
musician
Pascal
Nuwame,
dancer SharonNuwame.
dancerEmmanuel
Sawyer,drummer
Afi Vodi.dancer AraaVodi, dancer GladysVodi,drummer Mawuli
Vodi,dancer ChurchoftheLivingGod —
WestAfrican Gospel Chorus;Hyattsville,
MD
Cheikh
Amala
Diabate, ngoni musician (Malian); Silver Spring,MD
Eritrean Cultural and CivicCenter (Eritrean);
Washington,
DC
Nana
ErnestFrimpong,drummer
(Ghanaian);SilverSpring,
MD
HassanGure,ouci/vocals (Somali);Washington,
DC
The
InternationalHouse
ofPrayerforAll People(Nigerian);Washington,
DC
Kyaga —
traditional music&
dance(Ugandan)
Liziba
—
Soukous (Congolese,Democratic Republic/centralAfri- can); SilverSpring,MD
Nile Ethiopian Ensemble
—
traditional music
&
dance(Ethiopian);
Washington,
DC
Rivers State
Forum
traditional music
&
dance(Nigerian);
Baltimore.
MD
Simba Wanyika &
Virunga
—
Soboso (Swahili Pop)Zumunta
Association—
traditional music
&
dance(Nigerian)
Palaver Area/
Community Celebrations All Ngwa Cultural
Organization;
Washington.
DC
Christiana
Abengowe
Innocent
Abengowe Agnes Akwarandu
FestaAnyatonwu, leaderEgo
Atulobi. leader CeceliaIrondi ChinyereNwachukwu Udo Nwatu
Uloma Nwatu Nnenna Ogbonna
Nwangaji Ogbonna,leader Comfort
Wosu Ghanaian Durbar Asanteman Kuo
Organization
Northern Sudanese
Naming Ceremony/
Coming
ofAge
Ali Dinar
Ahmed
E. Elbashir ZeinabHag
El Safi;Arlington,
VA Tamador
Gibreel;Washington.
DC
Muna
Salih; Falls Church,VA Oromo
StorytellingDhaba
Wayessa;Washington,
DC
Palaver
Hut
Joe
Ngwa
Vera
Oye Yaa-Anna
(Liberian);
Washington,
DC
Senegambian Sabar Event Gambian
Association:SilverSpring.
MD
Mar Gueye
with Sing SingRhythym
(Senegalese) SenegaleseSupportSociety;
SilverSpring,
MD
Somali
Community buraanbvr
Asha Adem.
buraanbur, Riverdale,MD
Fadumo
Dheel, buraanbur Hassan Gure. and:Washington,
DC
Halima Hayi, buraanbur Ibado Hirmoge. buraan-
bur, Fairfax,
VA Maryam
Hussein,buraanbur.
Washington.
DC
Rnkia Hussein,buraan- bur;Alexandria,
VA
Jawahir Noor.buraanbur
South
African Braai Felleng Kalema;Burke,
VA
Bongani Mabaso;
Essex,
MD
Selloane Makhetha;
Washington,
DC
Ranjawe
M.
Mahlangu;Baltimore,
MD
SibusisoMatsinye;
Baltimore,
MD
Vuyiswa
Mwerinde;Temple
Hills,MD
Street
Theater
Tanya Dallas(AfricanAmerican):
Richmond.
VA
Makale Faber(Guinean);
Washington,
DC
FlorenciaGonzalez (Honduran);
Centreville.
VA Emma Thembani
(Ghanaian);
Arlington,
VA
EricWaller(African American);Halifax.
VA Mark
Williams(Guyanese);
Alexandria,
VA Teaching &
Learning Culture Anansegromma
Storytelling
Theatre Company;
Springfield,
VA Kwame Ansah Brew
KofiRoger DennisAnioma
Association.Washington,
DC Camp
AfricaRemi
Aluko;Burtonsville,
MD
Ethiopian
Center
forArts and
Culture;Washington,
DC
Seleshe
Damessae
EthiopianCommunity
Center; Washington,
DC
Hailu Fulas Hermela
Kebede
ISOKAN
YORUBA
SCHOOL;Washington,
DC
SharonOgunfiditimi
Ogbu
Okiri SierraLeone
Community School
ChidiAugu-Jones,Springfield,
VA
Hariette Tucker, Burtonsville,
MD
Somali
Saturday School
FawsiyaAbdi;Arlington.
VA Asha
Ali:Riverdale.
MD
Amina Amin;
SilverSpring,
MD
HassanGure;
Washington,
DC Mohammad
Musse;Riverdale.
MD
Barlin Noor;
Centerville.
VA Southern Sudanese
Community;
Washington.
DC
ChristoAdongrech PeterBol
Osman Bongo Angong
KoutDeng
Peter Karlo Nicholas
Deng Kur
Daniel Leek ElonaiMasungu Jimmy
Mulla Juana Obdhiah PeterSunday
OliverTunda
SwahiliLanguage
&
StorytellingMkamburi Mayaa
Mshila Lyabaya;
CollegePark,
MD
FOODYVAYS Veronica
Abu
(Ghanaian);
Silver Spring,
MD
Nomvula Cook
(Lesotho);
FortWashington,
MD
Qamar
Dahir (Somali) ;FallsChurch,
VA
Lola
Dawodu
(Nigerian);Largo.
MD
Tshion
Debbs
(Ethiopian);
Silver Spring.
MD
BasseDieng (Senegalese);
Mt. Rainier,
MD
Liberata
Ehimba
(Senegalese);Washington.
DC Osama
El-Sayed(Egyptian);
Fairfax Station,
VA
MirelleGreen (Nigerian);
Oxon
Hill,MD
Ibado
Hirmoge
(Somali);Fairfax,
VA
SamirLabriny (Moroccan);
Alexandria.
VA
Maria AugustaFaria
Lima
(CapeVerdean);Gaithersburg,
MD
LakechJezequel (Ethiopian);
Washington.
DC
Jane
Musonye
(Kenyan);UpperMarlboro,
MD
Juliana
Row
(Sierra Leonean):
Odenton,
MD
Ifeyinwa "Iffy"
Tagbo-Ogbuagu
(Nigerian);Vienna.
VA
Cecelia Vilakazi (SouthAfrican):
Washington.
DC
Sara
Workeneh
(Ethiopian);
College Park.
MD
Food Concessions
BukataRestaurant,Arlington,
VA
Feastofthe Nile, Triangle,
VA
Sacred Sounds:
Belief & Society
Music Performance &
Narrative Traditions Brothers
Inc. 4da Lord —
ChristianHip Hop; Bronx.NY
Humberto
Bocachica, vocalsRicardo Bocachica, vocals
Michael Hamlett. vocals JairoRodriguez, vocals Hawai'i
Gagaku
Kenkyukai —
Japanese Ritual Music;
Honolulu. HI
Roy
Forbes.talkolkomabue Lynne Fukuda,
gakuso/shoko Robert Hen",
kakko/sannotsuzumi Yoshie Hirose,
kagura dance/shoko Edean Kinoshita,
gakubiwa
Darin Miyashiro.gakuso
Anna
Pung,bugaku rakuson
Sam
Schank. hichiriki Alan Shamoto.sholtalko Masatoshi Shamoto,ryutekilkomabue Jerusalemite Religious
Chant Group —
Muslim
PraiseSong;Jerusalem Ismail Sudki Dwiek,
vocals
Jamil Diab Dweik, vocals
Muhamad
YihiaSadek Dweik, vocals SaberAbdallah Joundi.vocals
Muhamad
TalgiSamour
Sader, vocals
Kamel Ahmad
Shahin,vocals
Monks
ofWat
Thai ofWashington,
D.C.-
BuddhistDevotional Chant Ven.
Phramaha
SurasakJivanando
Ven.
Phramaha
Tanat InthisanVen.
Phramaha
Taweepong
Khampitak Ven. PhraAmpol Polman
Ven.Phramaha
PrakobSaisangchan
Natal
'77—
SouthAfrican
A
Cappella:Durban, SouthAfrica Bhili Biyela
Ncunga
Biyela Nicholas Biyela RichardMagubane
GcinimpiloMbuyisa
Isaac
Mbuyisa
SamuelMbuyisa
PaulosMsimanga
RichardZungu Emanuel Zwane Old Regular
Baptistsof the Indian
Bottom
Association-
Gospel/Lined-Out
Hymnody:
South- eastern KentuckyElwood
Cornett, vocals Kathy Cornett, vocals Grethel Fields, vocals Jim Fields, vocalsDon
Pratt, vocals ShirleyPratt,vocalsOmo 'Nago
(Children oftheAnago) —
Orisha Sacred Music Richard Byrd, percus-
sion/vocals;East Orange,
NJ
Beverley Hutchinson,vocals;