Collection history: Ohio University Libraries had 290 audiocassette tapes dubbed to MiniDisc in 2004. In 2019, the MiniDiscs were digitized into .wav and .mp3 format. The recordings available here are .wav format compressed into .mp3 delivery format. MiniDisc 14 is lacking.
Recordings made available by Vibert C. Cambridge, professor emeritus, School of Media Arts & Studies, Ohio University.
Additional Discs Coming Soon
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Our Kind Of Folk (Disc 1)
The National Folk Development Unit of JARAI, Peter "Lauchmonen" Kempadoo, and Marc Matthews
Track 1: Wakapao (village), Pomeroon-Supenaam Region Music and Dance (00:25:46)
Track 2: Wakapao (village), Pomeroon-Supenaam Region Music and Dance (00:06:10)
Track 3: Wakapao (village), Pomeroon-Supenaam Region Music and Dance (00:07:27)
Track 4: Wakapao (village), Pomeroon-Supenaam Region Music and Dance (00:13:32)
Track 5: Stories and songs people of Wakapao (00:25:28)
Track 6: Reading with musical background by Marc Matthews and Rajkumari Singh and poems by Rajkumari Singh (00:12:01)
Track 7: Songs by Ranegi Hamaree (00:01:47)
Track 8: Song - AH-DE-TING-Da (00:02:13)
Track 9: Song - Tina (00:00:54)
Track 10: Song - Janie Gal (00:03:41)
Track 11: Song - Mosquito Wedding (00:01:30)
Track 12: Song - Coronie Gold (00:01:23)
Track 13: Songs - Saldo, Chinese Bank, Lilimanjaro, Chimella by Mr. Abrams (00:07:22)
Track 14: Mr. Abrams talk about the good old days (00:04:54)
Track 15: Folk songs by Annadale group - 2 (00:20:59)
Track 16: Our Kind of Folk (00:19:07) -
Our Kind Of Folk (Disc 2)
The National Folk Development Unit of JARAI, Peter Kempadoo, and Marc Matthews
Track 1: Pandit at Cotton Tree Explaining Panchayatana puja (00:17:56)
Track 2: Folk songs (Africans, Indians, and Amerindians) (00:31:53)
Track 3: Congo drumming and singing (00:22:14)
Track 4: Indo-Guyanese session with Gobin Ram (interviews and songs) (00:19:03)
Track 5: Balata bleeding story and songs (00:25:57)
Track 6: Kabakaburi (village) interview with Captain Cecil Williams and Bennettee (00:37:29) -
Our Kind Of Folk (Disc 3: Carifesta Khondi)
The National Folk Development Unit of JARAI, Peter Kempadoo, and Marc Matthews
"GBS presents Carifesta Khondi..." comparing and contrasting the Caribbean and Latin America with Guyanese music, dance, and arts.
A radio program produced by JARAI Productions entitled Carifesta Khondi, moderated by Peter Kempadoo and exploring similarities of the folk traditions of Carifesta '72 participants.
Track 1: Carifesta Khondi - Venezuela (00:29:14)
Track 2: Carifesta Khondi - Suriname (00:29:11)
Track 3: Carifesta Khondi - Brazil (00:29:01)
Track 4: Carifesta Khondi - Guyana (00:27:00)
Track 5: Carifesta Khondi - Cuba (00:31:58)
Track 6: Carifesta Khondi - Suriname (Indian songs) (00:14:57)