Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
SOMALIA COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
Compiled by: Reinhardt Schuhmann, Kenneth Schweitzer, and Jud Wellington
Series Editor: Ann Hoog
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All indications of time duration listed in this finding aid are estimates.
AFS 11,923-11,930: Blake Robinson / Somali Poetry, Songs, and Dance Collection
Eight 7-inch tapes of poetry, songs and dances of Somaliland including recordings of the Somali-Bantu people during the Dabshid period and poems read and or sung by Farah Elmi Ali. Recorded by Blake Robinson, August 2-4, 1959. The collection includes descriptions of the poems and states the authors and performers. There is also an article from the magazine Culturefront entitled, "Somalia: Land of Poetry." (LWO 3734 reel 1; LWO 3138 reels 2-8)
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