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... a close-up of the music, dance, arts and way-of-life of the various peoples of the Caribbean and Latin America, comparing and contrasting them with things Guyanese."
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) -
Our Kind Of Folk (Disc 4: Carifesta Khondi)
The National Folk Development Unit of JARAI, Peter Kempadoo, and Marc Matthews
Carifesta Khondi: a close-up of the music, dance, arts and way-of-life of the various peoples of the Caribbean and Latin America, comparing and contrasting them with things Guyanese.
Track 1: Carifesta Khondi - St. Lucia (00:30:53)
Track 2: Carifesta Khondi - Jamaica (00:28:48)
Track 3: Carifesta Khondi - Trinidad (00:28:41)
Track 4: Carifesta Khondi - Haiti, etc. (00:27:47)
Track 5: Carifesta Khondi - "Pepper Pot" of various music (00:32:11)
Track 6: Carifesta Khondi - Suriname and Guyana (songs) (00:12:13)
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Our Kind Of Folk (Disc 5: Carifesta Khondi and more)
The National Folk Development Unit of JARAI, Peter Kempadoo, and Marc Matthews
Track 1: Final Khondi discussion (00:32:53)
Track 2: Suriname Indian Band for Carifesta (00:31:37)
Track 3: Carifesta Khondi special - Barbados etc. (00:37:10)
Track 4: Quadrine Band #54 Boys - folk songs etc. (00:13:12)
Track 5: Rackler - Nabaclis (songs) (00:22:41)
Track 6: Songs etc. by Young Guyana 'Session' from South Georgetown Government School (00:17:36) -
Our Kind Of Folk (Disc 6)
The National Folk Development Unit of JARAI, Peter Kempadoo, and Marc Matthews
Track 1: Interview at Vreed en Hoop - Baccoo story (00:08:20)
Track 2: Interview at Soesdyke - drumming and singing (00:20:40)
Track 3: Interview at Long Creek with Mrs. Clarke (00:04:09)
Track 4: Interview at Kara Kara High School (00:54:48)
Track 5: Georgetowner - Remembers speech by Prophet Wills of East Coast Demerara (00:08:08)
Track 6: Peter Kempadoo talking with Kwame Apato and Fred Sawh about Guyana's culture (00:31:26)
Track 7: Zaman Ali talking about Muslim wedding (00:18:00)