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Word, Shout, Song: Exhibition Tour by Alcione Amos

Catalog Data

Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Turner, Lorenzo Dow, 1890-1972  Search this
Collection Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
2 Video recordings (MiniDV)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
2011
Scope and Contents:
Alcione Amos led tour of the exhibition 'Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities through Language.'
Exhibition tour. Related to exhibition 'Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities through Language.' AV005132: dated 20110721. AV005133: dated 20110722.
Biographical / Historical:
Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities through Language documented the historical journey made by people from Africa to the Americas, along with their language and music. In the 1930s, Lorenzo Dow Turner discovered that the Gullah people of Georgia and South Carolina retained parts of the culture and language of their West African enslaved ancestors. Turner's research produced a living treasury of previously unknown traditions, songs, and folkways that also uncovered and illuminated the connections with West African and Afro-Brazilian communities. The exhibition was held at the Anacostia Community Museum from August 9, 2010 - July 24, 2011. It included rare photographs, recordings, and artifacts collected by Turner from those Gullah communities in the United States, Brazil, and West Africa.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV005133
General:
Title created by ACM staff based on transcription from physical asset and title of exhibition.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Communities  Search this
Gullahs  Search this
African languages  Search this
African diaspora  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Genre/Form:
Video recordings
Collection Citation:
Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities through Language exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
ACMA.03-056, Item ACMA AV005132
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Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities through Language exhibition records
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa73bd973d5-8cc8-4c9c-956c-d2b5774c0ec9
EDAN-URL:
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