Baouler Bush "Calamity song" --Baouler Bush "Celebration song" --Barrel drums and gong-gong --Prince's dance --Gold Coast talking drums --Anansi --Battle song --Muezzin's song -- Mossi chant --Children's songs --Two pagan dances --Song to Allah --Bambara dance --Mossi Emperor's court music -- Kissi flute music -- Kahira --Doubajabija --Malinker love song -- Two Buzi (Loma) harp songs --Mano work song --Fanti jamboree.
Track Information:
101 Spirit Songs of the Baoule Bush / Rattle (Musical instrument),Gong,Square drum,Circle drum.
"Portions of this LP are from the 78 rpm, 3-album set, "Tribal, Folk and Cafer Music of West Africa." Program notes on container. Performer(s): Performances are by various native musicians. Production notes: Recorded in West Africa 1949 by Arthur S. and Lois Alberts.
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All stories are Anansi's/How Anansi got them --Anansi, the oldest of animals/How Anansi proved it --Nyame's well/Why the frog has no tail --Two feasts for Anansi/Why Anansi is very thin in the middle --Anansi plays dead/Why Anansi hides in dark corners --The porcupine's hoe/Why there are many hoes in Ashanti.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-0933
General:
Folkways 7710
w/fragment of letter CDR copy Harold Courlander reads excerpts from his The hat-shaking dance and other tales from the Gold Coast.
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Edited footage shot in West Africa (1931), Haiti (1934) and Georgia (U.S. ca. 1930) for/by Melville Herskovits.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Provenance:
These films and related papers were transferred to the National Anthropological Film Center by the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University in 1977.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Melville Herskovits films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Preservation supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the National Film Preservation Foundation. Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Four young male drummers. Text on frontside reads:"War Drums, Ashanti."
Item number on recto: "N⁰ 10."
Printed text on verso reads: "Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coase, Gold Coast; This is a real photograph; Printed in Great Britain."
Stamp box reads: "H."
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-19-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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A man carving a wooden stool. Text on verso reads: "Carving An Ashanti Stool." and "C.B.C. Box 3285, Accra - Ghana."
Items EEPA GH-04-02 and EEPA GH-04-03 are duplicate postcards.
Message, address, and postmarked postage stamp on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-04-02
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Postcard image of a group of four Ashanti men bearing swords on the West Coast of Africa. Printed in Great Britain. Original caption reads, "Sword Bearers, Ashinti." Original Text on reverse reads: "This is the time for everyone to stand together, and hold firm! - The Prime Minister."
Item number on recto: "N⁰ 59."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coase, Gold Coast; This is a real photograph; Printed in Great Britain."
Stamp box reads: "1d. Stamp if with only sender's name and address and 5 words conventional greeting; G."
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-20-05
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Numbering Peculiarities Note:
Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1995-1-44. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140307.
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A large gathering of people. Text on frontside reads: "The Ashantis on the Palaver ground[,] the worship of Abriwah (fetish), 20th Aug. 1908." Text on verso reads: "Photographed and published by J. Vitta, Tarquah,West Africa." Stamp and two postmarks on verso. Postmarks dated April 6, 1912. Handwritten address and message dated "4/4/12" on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-23-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Numbering Peculiarities Note:
Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1995-1-49. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140318.
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A man carving a wooden stool. Text on verso reads: "Carving An Ashanti Stool." and "C.B.C. Box 3285, Accra - Ghana."
Items EEPA GH-04-02 and EEPA GH-04-03 are duplicate postcards.
Stamp box reads: "A. C. P. 004."
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-04-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Numbering Peculiarities Note:
Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1995-8-6. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140319.02.
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An artist's depiction of people engaged in playing a game and other activities. Caption on recto reads: "Ashantee Village - The Natives Playing Games." Additional text on recto reads: "Phototypie Pierre Coltman, Paris."
Stamp and postmark on verso. Handwritten address on verso. Handwritten message on frontside.
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-21-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Numbering Peculiarities Note:
Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1995-13-111. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140323.
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Postcard illustration of a Thomas B. Freeman before the Court of the King of Ashanti in 1839. Accompanying text on reverse reads: "'In January, 1839, Freeman made a journey to Kumassi...After a tedious march...he reached his goal and was received by the king in barbaric state. The Court, on rising, defiled past its guest in a procession lasting a full hour-and-a-half. For some days the visitor was confined to his apartments, as his Majesty 'was aware that Europeans did not like to see human sacrifices'! All day long the muffled death-drums beat, and Freeman watched from the courtyard of his lodging the vultures wheeling over the city of blood.'"
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Published by Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 24, Bishopsgate, E.C.; Postcard Series 'R' (6 designs) Printed in Great Britain."
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-15-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Numbering Peculiarities Note:
Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1995-23-10. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140310.
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Printed caption on recto reads: "Assembly of Ashanti Chiefs."
Item number on recto: "N⁰89."
Printed text on verso reads: "'Let us all strive without failling in faith or in duty.' - The Prime Minister."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast, Gold Coast; This is a real photograph; Printed in Great Britain."
Stamp box reads: "1d. Stamp if with only sender's name and address and 5 words conventional greeting; G."
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-15-07
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Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed caption on recto reads: "Ashantee Village - A corner of the kitchen."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Phototypie Pierre Coltman. Paris."
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-12-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed caption on verso reads: "Ashanti Royal Carried."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Film Base, Box 4246, Accra."
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-15-10
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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The Historic Engravings collection is comprised of 154 pages of engravings, dating from 1747 to circa 1905. The engravings depict subject matter related to Africa and Africans.
Scope and Contents:
The Historic Engravings collection consists of 154 pages of engravings, dating from 1747 to circa 1905, with the bulk created in the second half of the nineteenth century. Many of the engravings were completed for publication in leading nineteenth-century newspapers, including the Illustrated London News and Harper's Weekly.
Numerous engravings depict scenes from expeditions, including the Dr. Livingstone (Central and South Africa), Baker (Central Africa), and Stanley expeditions. Topics illustrated include agriculture, ceremonies, city and town views, ships, animals, battles, domestic scenes, diamond mines, and fashions. Represented peoples include the Khoikoi, Abyssinian, Ashanti, Griquas, Khoikoi, Ndebele, and Zulu. Finally, the engravings depict such wide-ranging locations as Abyssinia, Annesley Bay, Chupanga, Dahomey, Gondokoro, Hadoda Pass, Hamhamo Spring, Keiskamma Gorge, Mount Kilimanjaro, Kongone River, Lake Tanganyika, Limpopo River, Matabili [now Zimbabwe], Morocco, Nigeria, the Red Sea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tekonda Pass, Ujiji, Umizimkulu Waterfall, Zambesi Delta, and Zanzibar, among others.
Arrangement:
Series one and two are arranged by publisher name and filed chronologically thereafter. Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by expedition leader name, and series 4 is organized by accession number.
Series 1: Illustrated London News, 1851-1901 (51 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 9 folders)
Series 2: Harper's Weekly, 1867-1905 (19 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 4 folders)
Series 3: Expedition Leaders, Bankes to Smith, circa 1800s-circa 1904 (51 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 11 folders)
Series 4: Other/Unidentified, 1747-circa 1905 (33 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 5 folders)
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Man leads children in a discussion about cities in West Africa and African culture, including African dance and African drumming. Children participate in a dance and singing lessons. Man also explains how the African talking drum is constructed and how the Yoruba language was reproduced using the talking drum, and shows an example of the Kente cloth of the Ashanti in Ghana. African drumming in the background throughout recording.
Workshop, including music and dance. Part of ACM Education Department Programs Audiovisual Records 1967-2008. Transcribed from physical asset: Percir Borde. Undated.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV003488-2
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