Dr. Enid Bogle detailed her family history, including being raised by her grandparents, and the legacy of and her relationship to "national hero of Jamaica" Paul Bogle, as well as her educational experiences from early childhood through teacher training at Shortwood Teachers' College in Jamaica and graduate education at Howard University in the United States. She read a poem about her grandfather, written by Ivan Taylor.
In regards to her life in Jamaica, Bogle talked about voting, Pantomime and Boxing Day, the importance of religion and religious holidays, how children were raised by the community, and her teaching experience. She described her experience with immigration from Jamaica into the United States, including her travel to the United States, and later sponsoring citizenship for her mother and two of her sisters, including immigration challenges during Reagan administration.
As for her student days at Howard University, Bogle talked about her introduction to jazz, access to Jamaican food, barriers and challenges, her professors Ivan Taylor and Toni Morrison, her first winter in the United States, communicating with friends and family in Jamaica, and being financially poor, but not spiritually poor. She also talked about her experience as an English professor at Howard University, teaching and learning languages, when to use a specific language system or dialect, the importance of maintaining the tradition of Jamaican Creole, and working on a tutorial program for Caribbean students.
As for culture and heritage, Bogle talked about oral tradition and stories her grandfather told; music and dance, specifically mento, quadrille, Reggae, Calypso, Bob Marley, and degradation of women and violence in current music; how holidays were celebrated in Jamaica versus how they were celebrated in the United States; the influence Jamaican and Rastafarian communities and culture had on other communities in Washington, DC; the legacy of notable Jamaicans and instilling Jamaican heritage into children born in the United States; and cricket. She explained the bedrock of Jamaican families and people in the Embassy community in Washington, DC as well as her thoughts on President Clinton's impact on Caribbean, specifically Haiti.
Interview is in English and Jamaican Creole (minimal). Digital audio files include white noise and static, and very minimal background noise, including a phone ringing and minor talking; interviewee can be heard clearly for the most part.
General:
Associated documentation for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives.
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
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Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Jackie, a female selector from Jamaica, spoke about her parents and siblings; her mother leaving Jamaica to go to the United States; being raised by her father and relatives in Jamaica; growing up in the ghetto and attending grade school in Jamaica; and why she migrated to the United States. She explained how she became a disc jockey, her introduction to dancehall music, and how she selected music for different crowds in Jamaica. Note, she identified herself as African Jamaican.
Jackie spoke about her GED class, discrimination, and barriers, including language and employment, in the United States. She also spoke about music, including dancehall, reggae, and calypso; music lyrics; violence at dances and relationship to dancehall music; differences in music and where music is played in the United States versus Jamaica; non-Jamaicans trying to be like Jamaicans, and not actually understanding Jamaican culture; maintaining contact with family and friends in Jamaica; eating Jamaican food in the United States; and Rastafarians. She explained she only has time for furthering her career in cosmetology; why she does not play music as a disc jockey in the United States; the difficulties living in the United States as a foreigner; and how her employer treated her, including threats to call immigration.
Jackie was interviewed by Ann A. Walters. Interview is in English. Digital audio files include loud white noise and static, and a little sound interference or distortion. Interviewee's voice is intelligible for the most part.
General:
Associated documentation, including partial transcripts, for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives. The textual transcripts are not verbatim of the audio recordings.
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
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Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
John Blake spoke about his migration from Trinidad to the United States, including his first experiences and first impression, and cultural differences, in 1970; living in a group house with his brother in Washington, DC; and Howard University.
Blake explained his interest in radio broadcasting; changing careers from quantity surveying / building estimating to broadcasting; the origin, history, and evolution of his radio program, "Caribbean Experience"; the importance of his radio program to the community; and the importance of a network of information for the Caribbean community, which led to Caribbean communities understanding each other better.
Blake spoke about teaching radio production; reggae and calypso music; reggae musicians, including Eddy Grant and the musical group, Third World; the relationship between music genres in and across the Caribbean, Africa, and the United States; and why was reggae music embraced by the African American community. He also spoke about the African diaspora; civil rights movement and uprisings in Washington, DC; Black consciousness movement; Operation Caribbean Cruise, a Washington, DC police drug investigation and raid which targeted the Jamaican and Caribbean community; and how Jamaicans and Caribbeans are generalized and stereotyped.
John Blake was interviewed by Hector Corporan. Interview is in English. Digital audio files include minimal white noise and static. Interviewee's voice is intelligible.
General:
Associated documentation for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives.
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
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Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
101 As Long as It's Born in My House It's Mine (Lieutenant Joe).
107 Me One Alone.
109 My Experiences on the Reaperbahn.
111 Auf Weidersehen.
113 Fidel Castro.
117 Crisis in Arkansas.
121 My Experiences on the Reaperbahn.
123 West Indian Woman.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-0476
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: New York, United States 31, 1961.
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202 Soldier's Break Up Me Life / Steel drum (Musical instrument).
203 Don't Touch Me Bumper / Steel drum (Musical instrument).
204 Nora, War is Over / Steel drum (Musical instrument).
205 Hello Joe / Steel drum (Musical instrument).
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-0522
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: New York, United States.
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As Long It's Born in My House, It's Mine (Lt. Joe)
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-3510
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Recorded in: New York, United States.
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Auf weidersehen--Beautiful Belgie--Crisis in Arkansas
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101 Auf Weidersehen.
105 Beautiful Belgie.
108 Crisis in Arkansas.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-3511
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: New York, United States.
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108 Jestina, the Dancing Queen / Lord Invader, Nat Hepburn.
109 I Love Her Better Everyday / Dictator.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-3595
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: New York, United States.
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101 As Long as It's Born in My House It's Mine (Lieutenant Joe).
102 Me One Alone.
103 As Long as It's Born in My House It's Mine (Lieutenant Joe).
106 Beautiful Belgie.
107 My Experience on the Reaperbahn.
113 Auf Weidersehen.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-4512
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104 The Soldiers Came and Broke Up Me Life / Lord Invader.
107 Nora, War is Over / Prince Charmer, Louis Farrakan.
106 Mister Don't Touch Me Bumper / Lord Invader.
109 Carnival in Town / Duke of Iron.
110 War / Lord Invader, Duke of Iron.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-4536
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: New York, United States.
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105 Many and the Few, The (ACT-184) / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
106 Warden in the Sky (ACT-182) / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
104 Brown Girl in the Ring (ACT-184) / Lord Invader.
Local Numbers:
FP-1992-7RR-0043
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: New York (N.Y.), United States, New York.
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205 Mister Give Me De Rent / Mighty Panther, Alvin Richards. Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-0639
Art.18
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Trinidad and Tobago Art
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Trinidad and Tobago.
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Cousin, cousin, scratch here so for me --Mama, call the fire brigade --Chili --Resisting temptation --Mademoiselle --Poor but ambitious --They are lying to me --Bacanal --Don't do that to me --Sweet Lilian --Pretty woman --Calaloo.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-0660
Camden.360
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Camden 1957
General:
Calypso music for dance orchestras. Performer(s): Wilmoth Houdini and Bamboo Orchestra ; Felix's Krazy Kats orchestra ; Bert McLean's Jazz Hounds.
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104 Bullfrog Dressed in Soldier Clothes / Banjo,Guitar.
201 Pigeon / Banjo,Guitar.
202 Ding Ding / Banjo,Guitar.
203 Bimini Gal / Banjo,Guitar.
204 Little Nassau / Banjo,Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-0688
Art.9
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Bahamas Art
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Bahamas.
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