IMMIGRANT FOLKLIFE - t n 3 o ri

Curators: BettyBelanus, Diana Baird N'Diaye Program Coordinator:

Khadijah

Mann Community

Scholars/

Curators:

Dagnachew

Abebe, VeronicaAbu,

Ebo

Ansa.

Nomvula

Cook.

Abdirahman

Dahir, T.V. Erekosima. Florence Guindo,Tesfaye

Lemma,

Nabil Makar.

Mumia Shimaka

Mbasu, Gorgui N'Diaye,

Kwaku

Ofori-Ansa, Gilbert Ogunfiditimi,

Ann

Olumba. Dorothy Osei-Kuffuor.

Aristide Pereira Photographer/Researcher:

Harold

Dorwin

The

staffand

community

scholars oftheAfrican Immigrantproject are grateful to Haroldforhis donation of countless late nightsand weekends, mileage, materials, and services from 1996 through 1997.

Photographic Advisor/

Researcher: Roland

Freeman The

African Immigrant Folklifegroup benefited from Roland Freeman'sexpertisefrom

1994to mid-1995.

ResearchConsultants:

Abiodun

Adepoju,Kofi Kissi Dompere. Makale Faber.Cece

Modupe

Fadope, Michael Licht, Kinuthia Macharia.

Sulayman

Nyang.

Reverend Frederick Ogunfiditimi.Peter Pipim Diana Sherblom. Molly

Uzo

Foodways

Poster Consultants:

VeronicaAbu,

Nomvula

Mashoia Cook,

Qamar

Dahir. Liberata Ehimba.

MirelleGreen

African Caribbean Forums:

Basil Buchanan.

Denys Vaughn

Cook, YosefFord.

Hope

TuckerStewart.

ProjectAdvisors:

Raymond

Almeida.

Hayelom

Ayele.

Camilla Bryce-Laporte,

Roy

Bryce-Laporte.

Laura Bigman.Olivia Cadaval.

Anna

Cisse,

Qamar

Dahir,YosefFord, EnaFox, JohnFranklin.

HassanGure. Wellella Hirpassa. RukiaHussein.

PhilippaJackson, Portia James, Hermele Kebede.

Niani Kilkenny.

Mama

Konta. Michael Licht.

Deborah Mack. Kinuthia Macharia. Phyllis

May- Machunda.

Fekadu Mergessa.

Sulayman

Nyang, Sharon

Ogun-

fiditimi. PeterPipim.

Nenzi Plaatjies, Sharon Reinken.John Roberts, Beverly Robinson. Fath Ruffins.Yane Sangare.

Osama

El Sayed, Peter Seitel,

Nana

Sheshibe, Marie-Therese

Thomas.

AddissuTolessa

Project Assistants/Interns:

Chinenye

Anyanwu.

Lisa ReneeBares. Catherine Bowers.PearlChan,

Meg

Couch. Christine R.

Hamer. KristenJackson.

KojoJohnson, Olivia

Ann

Kissel,Angela Lang.

Stephanie Mirra,Michael Murray.

Moja

Mwaniki.

Tracey Patterson, Kathleen Sheppard.

Diana Sherblom.Leela Tanikeela.

Amber

Vines,

Dawn

Wright,John

Westerman

Presenters.

Foodways &

Home

Life:

VeronicaAbu.

Raymond

Almeida.

Nomvula

Cook,

Mumia Shimaka

Mbasu.

LaDena

Schnapper Presenter.Garden:

John Franklin

Presenters. Music

&

Dance:

Dagnachew "Dany"

Abebe, Kofi Kissi Dompere, Tonye Erekosima. Ibrahim KanjaBah.

Hamid

Mernissi.

Kwaku

Ofori- Ansa,Gilbert

Ogunfiditimi,PeterPipim Presenters. PalaverPlace/

Community

Social Hall:

Abdirahman

Dahir.

Makale Faber,Tesfaye

Lemma.

Nabil Makar, Aristide Pereira Presenters.Narrative:

CharlesElegalem, Cece

Modupe

Fadope, Abiyi Ford, Dominic

N'Tube

Presenters.Teaching

&

LearningCulture:

Remi

Aluko, Hassan Gure

Presenter, EnterpriseArea:

Kinuthia Macharia

SACRED SOUNDS:

BELIEF

& SOCIETY

Curators:JamesEarly.

Ivy

Young

Interns:

Anne

Hege.

Ounaida

Bongo

Presenters: SelloGalane.

Rayna

Green,

Bobby

Hill.AngelaImpey.

Richard Kennedy,

Carmen

Lattimore, SandraRattley Lewis,

Daddy Mokgolo

LazarusMphahlele.

Nithya Nagarajan,

Uma

Nagarajan, GustavoParedes, Kate Rinzler.

Amnon

Shiloah. Jeff

Todd

Titon,Jacquie Gales

Webb

THE RALPH RINZLER MEMORIAL CONCERT

Curator:

Mike

Seeger Coordinator: Kate Rinzler

Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife 115

Educational Offerings

FESTIVAL TEACHERS SEMINARS:

Asinpreviousyears,severalteachersseminarswilluse the^Festivalas alearning resource."One Land,

Many

Voices"issponsoredby theSmithsonianOfficeofEducation.Thispopular seminar,

now

initsfourthyear,attractsWashing- ton-area teachers

who

obtainhands-onexperienceinthefolklorist'smethodsoflearningaboutculture:observing,documenting,inter- viewing,andinterpreting.Instructors forthecourse,which meets June 27-29 andJuly 2-3,areDrs.MarjorieHuntandOliviaCadavalof the CenterforFolklifePrograms

&

CulturalStudies.

OthereducatorsvisitingtheFestival thisyear includeparticipantsinthe UniversityofMarylandcourseformusicteacherstaughtby CherieStellacchio.Educatorsfromfourcities inthe Mexico/U.S. border region(Imperial Valley, California; RioRico,Arizona;and ElPaso and Laredo,Texas)

who

participatedinthe1996TalleresdelaFronteraprojectwillmeetforatwo-dayworkshoptosharetheirexperi- enceswiththeeducationkitbasedonthe1993 BorderlandsFestivalprogram,BordersandIdentity.

Current Educational Offerings

From the Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies

Workers at the White House

Thishalf-hourvideodocumentaryfeaturesthe occupationalfolklifeandoralhistoriesof abroad rangeofWhiteHouseworkers

—

butlers,maids,doormen,chefs,plumbers,andothers.Throughtheirmemories,skills,andvalues,theseworkershelp ustounderstand theWhiteHousein

human

terms

—

as a

home

andaworkplace,apublicbuildingandanationalsymbol.A24-pageeducational bookletaccompaniesthe video. ProducedincooperationwiththeWhiteHouseHistoricalAssociationandthe National Archives, copyright 1994. Grades6-12. $24.95. Catalog#SF48003

Borders and Identity

This bilingualkitexploresthecomplexnotion ofidentityalongtheUnitedStates/Mexicoborder. Infoursegments

—

on history, belief,expressivearts,andoccupationaltraditions

—

studentslearnfromthestories ofborderresidents.Thiskitincludesafour-part video, aposter-sizeculturalmap,andateacher/studentguidewith exercisesforclassroomuse. Published¹996.Grades^6-12.

$55.00kit;$10cultural

map

separately. Catalog#SF90010

Land and Native American Cultures

ThiskitintroducesstudentstotheuseoflandinNativeAmericancommunitiesthroughthreecasestudies:theHopiof Arizona;the Tlingit,Haida,andTsimshian of Alaska;andtheAymara andQuechuaofBoliviaandPeru.Unitsaddresssubsistence,crafts,mytholo-

gy,andritual.Thekitincludesanextensiveteacher/studentguidewithnarrative,photographs,resourcelisting,andactivityques- tions.Aslide setaccompaniesthe guide. Published 1997. Grades9-12. $35.00. Catalog#SF9001

Wisconsin Powwow

Naamikaaged: Dancer for the People

Thistwo-videosetshows

how powwows

incorporatehistoricaltraditionsandmodern innovations.Thefirstvideoisageneraltreat-

mentof the

powwow

asitisheldby Ojibwe peopleinnorthernWisconsin.ThesecondfollowsayoungOjibwe, RichardLaFernier,as hedressesandpaintshimselffor a

powwow,

honorshisancestors,andsingsat

powwows

innorthernWisconsin.A40-page accom- panying bookletincludeshistoricalbackground,transcriptionofsoundtrack,classroomquestions,and suggestions^forfurtherread- ingandlistening. Published 1996. Grades6-12. $34.95. Catalog#SF48004

Learning About Folklife:The U.S. Virgin Islands & Senegal

ThiskitconcentratesontherichfolklifeoftheU.S. Virgin IslandsandSenegal throughafocusonfoodways, musicandstorytelling,

andcelebrations.Thekitcontainsafour-part video-cassette,twoaudio-cassettes,andateacher'sguidewithmaps, photographs,and

line illustrations. Published 1992.Grades6-12, $45.00. Catalog#SF9001

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Friends of the Festival

The

Festival

of American

Folklife

presents the wealth of American and world cultures

for

the educa-

tion

and enjoyment of

visitors.

But

^it

doesn't end with the celebration on the

Mall;

Smithsonian

staff

transform

Festival

research

into traveling exhibitions,films,publications,

learning guides, and Smithsonian Folkways recordings. Supported by

combination of

federal

and

private

funds, the

Festival

and

its related

programs depend on the generous assistance of the public

preserve grassroots

cultures.

We

invite

you to

join us.

As

Friend of the

Festival,

you

will

support the

Festival

and

its

work of

cultural

preservation, education, and research.

You'll learn

what happens behind the scenes

the

Festival

and about opportunities

volunteer on

Festival projects.

As a Friend at the $25 level, you will receive:

• a

newsletter about the

Festival

and the Center

for Folklife

Programs &

Cultural Studies;

•

the

Festival

program book, which describes the featured

Festival

pro-

grams

in a beautifullyillustrated

volume; and

•a

10% discount, exclusive

the

Friends,

on Smithsonian Folkways recordings ordered through the mail-order catalogue.

For our Friends at the $50 level:

•

we

also

include

a one-size-fits-all FestivalT-shirt.

And for those at the $75 level:

•

you

will

receive

all

of the above and

Smithsonian Folkways recording selected from the most popular of

Festival-related

recordings.

Our Rinzler's Circle* members, at the $500 level, will receive:

•all

of the above

gifts

and other

special

recognition throughout the

year.

Cenny

Hester

^is

the new Program Manager

for

the Friends of the

Festival.

Her address

955 L'Enfant

Plaza,S.W.,Suite 1

406, MRC 923, Washington,

D.C.

20560; phone

(202)

287-21

67;

fax (202)

287-3562;

email:

[email protected].

Please be sure

to visit

the Friends of the

Festival

Tent while you are

the

Festival

of American

Folklife.

We look forward

discussing the Friends program with you and can

enroll

you

as a

member of the Friends of the

Festival

when you

visit.If

you

will

not have an opportunity to

visit

the Friends

Tent,

please contact Ms. Hester

for a

brochure on the Friends program. Your assistance

will

play an

integral

part

supporting research and education about

traditional culutures.

Ralph Rinzler

was

the long-time director ofthe Festivalof

American

Folklife.Ralph passed

away

in July 1994;

we

have created theCircleto

honor

hisoutstanding

commitment and

accomplishments.

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American Indian, Classical, World, Children's Music, Spoken Word, and more.

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