Camara Laye: Conversation about Africa

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Scope and Contents

Camara Laye talked about griots who transmit the oral culture of Africa; his work as oral historian; the novel he was writing; the seven African countries that compressed the Empire Mali and the countries' shared culture; Kinte project with Alex Haley; African civilization as a social, humanistic civilization and European civilization as a mechanic civilization; expanded African family versus limited European family; limited independence of Africa; and regrouping of Africa. Following Camara Laye lecture, the remainder of the recording includes a demonstration/conversation about tie dying technique; and two women conversing about an alphabet book of African culture and what they are going to do the following day.

Lecture. Audio Only. French with English interpretation. AV001386: poor audio quality. Dated 19770728.

Date

1977

Extent

2 Sound recordings (audio cassette)

Type

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Topic

African Americans

African culture

Oral history

Storytelling

Griots

Place

Africa, West

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

United States

Citation

Camara Laye: Conversation about Africa, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier

ACMA.03-031, Item ACMA AV001375_A

Local Numbers

ACMA AV001375_B ACMA AV001386_A