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Say Brother; Kwanzaa Special; The Art of Black Dance and Music perform dances from the harvest festival Kwanzaa
Part of Say Brother.
12/29/1978
In this clip dance and drumming company The Art of Black Dance and Music, under the guidance of Artistic Director DiAma Battle, performs harvest dances from Guinea, Gambia, Nigeria, and Senegal, and explain the seven principles of Kwanzaa (one for each day of celebration). Overall the program explores the harvest festival Kwanzaa, an African and Mid-Eastern holiday now celebrated by African Americans as a way of identifying with their African heritage. To accomplish this, the dance and drumming company The Art of Black Dance and Music, under the guidance of Artistic Director DiAma Battle, performs harvest dances from Guinea, Gambia, Nigeria, and Senegal, and explain the seven principles of Kwanzaa (one for each day of celebration). Host Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with DiAma about the difference between African and African American celebrations of Kwanzaa, the meaning of the seven principles (unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith), how these principles are celebrated, and how more African Americans are celebrating both Kwanzaa and Christmas. The majority of the program consists of performances. Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by Eric Himes.
License Clip
- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Kwanzaa Special
- Program Number
911
- Title
The Art of Black Dance and Music perform dances from the harvest festival Kwanzaa
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program explores the harvest festival Kwanzaa, an African and Mid-Eastern holiday now celebrated by African Americans as a way of identifying with their African heritage. To accomplish this, the dance and drumming company The Art of Black Dance and Music, under the guidance of Artistic Director DiAma Battle, performs harvest dances from Guinea, Gambia, Nigeria, and Senegal, and explain the seven principles of Kwanzaa (one for each day of celebration). Host Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with DiAma about the difference between African and African American celebrations of Kwanzaa, the meaning of the seven principles (unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith), how these principles are celebrated, and how more African Americans are celebrating both Kwanzaa and Christmas. The majority of the program consists of performances.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Kwanzaa
- African American dance
- Art of Black Dance and Music, The
- Battle, DiAma
- African Americans in the performing arts
- Dance--Africa
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Himes, Eric (Director)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Deare, Beth (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Merhar, Milan (Videotape Editor)
- Rosenthal, Iris (Camera)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Norton, Chas (Lighting Director)
- Holden, Dick (Camera)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Gisser, Michelle (Technical Production)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant Director)
- Bordett, Bruce (Stage Manager)
- Correia, Dennis (Videotape Editor)
- Fairweather, Bill (Video)
- Carey, Nancy (Intern)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- St. Onge, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Chigas, Basil (Technical Production)
- Rivera, George (Post Production Supervisor)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Koppel, Tiit (Switcher)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Kwanzaa Special; The Art of Black Dance and Music perform dances from the harvest festival Kwanzaa,” 12/29/1978, GBH Archives, accessed April 23, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_94E1CFF4BD1A4B2FA026AABAE253F194.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Kwanzaa Special; The Art of Black Dance and Music perform dances from the harvest festival Kwanzaa.” 12/29/1978. GBH Archives. Web. April 23, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_94E1CFF4BD1A4B2FA026AABAE253F194>.
- APA: Say Brother; Kwanzaa Special; The Art of Black Dance and Music perform dances from the harvest festival Kwanzaa. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_94E1CFF4BD1A4B2FA026AABAE253F194