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
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