Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-24
Nzinga and Folosade are sisters who work out of their family home in Philadelphia. They were trained by master braider Yvette Smalls. They specialize in traditional African hair styling and they have developed modern, innovative styling techniques. They also grew up with The Move Organization, the Black liberation group that was bombed by the Philadelphia Police in 1985. The sisters speak eloquently about the…
Contributor:
Foreman-Bey, Nzinga - Bey AL-Rasul, Folosade - Occupational Folklife Project - Taylor, Candacy A.
Contributor:
Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill) - Floyd, Minnie
Date:1939-06-08
Audio Recording
Show me how you move (to the letters)
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
Title from container spine. Lyrics by Mar. Harmin. Mar. Harman ; with accompaniment. Lyrics on container insert.
Wednesday Series: Peter Gizzi, Lorenzo Thomas
Recorded at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on 12-Nov-97. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Description from label on media box. Number from edge label: 1663
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St. Mark's Church In-The-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Poetry Project
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