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Performance by Rasta Samba Gynin

Performance by Rasta Samba Gynin
Date
1985-08-08
Description
One reel to reel tape. (Copied onto C86-99) Rasta Samba Gynin is a Rasta group of four Haitians formed in 1984 to play Rasta cultural songs. Most of the songs (written by group member Yamba Ye) are spiritual, and follow traditional tunes. Their music stresses their African roots. For more information, see T86-57 (C86-100) for interviews with group members. Members are: Yamba Ye (writer, drums and vocal); Pierre Joseph Jabouin (drum and vocal); Henry Frederic Massena (drum and vocal); and Rodrick Maurice St. Cyr (voice and percussion). The Rasta movement (whose members are called Rastafarians) began with Marcus Garvey's back-to-Africa movement. When the Ethiopian prince Ras Tafari Makkonen was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I in the 1930s, many in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean looked to him as a messiah, and Rasta was born. It combines elements of African and New World beliefs. Sommers's field notes on the group may be found in S 1628, Box 1, folder 11. Recorded at the Little River Community Center. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Performance by Rasta Samba Gynin

Performance by Rasta Samba Gynin
Rasta Samba Gynin in the recording studio

Rasta Samba Gynin in the recording studio
Date
1985-08
Description
Five color slide. Folklorist Sommers is pictured with the band. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Rasta Samba Gynin in the recording studio

Rasta Samba Gynin in the recording studio
Rasta Samba Gynin interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey

Rasta Samba Gynin interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey
Date
1985-08-08
Description
One reel to reel tape. (Copied onto C86-100) Interviews with members of the Rasta group, including group leader and songwriter Yamaba Ye. He discusses each of the eight songs played on T86-56 (C86-99). Other members provide brief bios. The Rasta movement (whose members are called Rastafarians) began with Marcus Garvey's back-to-Africa movement. When the Ethiopian prince Ras Tafari Makkonen was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I in the 1930s, many in Jamaica looked to him as a messiah, and Rasta was born. It combines elements of African and Jamaican beliefs. Sommers's field notes on the group can be found in S 1628, Box 1, folder 11. Recorded at the Little River Community Center. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Rasta Samba Gynin interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey

Rasta Samba Gynin interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey
Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 11)

Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 11)
Date
1997-05-24
Description
One audio cassette recordings. Jamaican musician Ricky Richards, interviewed by Brent Tozzer, describes Niabingi sacred singing - part of Rastafarianism and similar to reggae only different from secular reggae. He explains the origins of the music and performs two pieces with drums.
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Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 11)

Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 11)
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_t86-056Performance by Rasta Samba GyninSoundFieldwork
Haitian Americans
Sound recordings
African Americans
Music
Drums
Singing
Music performance
Performing arts
Percussion instruments
Rastafarianism
Religion
Religious music
Beliefs and cultures
Rastafari movement
Musical groups		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Rasta Samba Gynin in the recording studioRasta Samba Gynin in the recording studioStill ImageMusicians
Fieldwork
Music performance
Musical groups
Haitian Americans
Sound studios
Arts, Haitian
Sound recording
Musical instruments
Rastafarianism
Folklorists
Bands (Music)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t86-057Rasta Samba Gynin interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife SurveySoundFieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Haitian Americans
African Americans
Music
Life histories
Rastafari movement
Rastafarianism
Drums
Religion
Religious music
Songs
Composers
Musical groups		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_68_c97-081Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 11)SoundMusicians
Singers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Oral performance
Life histories
Interviewing
Reggae music
Jamaican Americans
Arts, Jamaican
Drum music
Drums
Rastafarianism
Religious music
Drummers (Musicians)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg