Like Mother Like Daughter- Liberian Dance in the US
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 4: On The Move / 4.3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2017 July 04
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content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2017, Item SFF2017_0704_OTM_Story_Circle_0003
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copies available
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content: Toni Shapiro (presenter); Koramassa Bobo; Saigay Sheriff; Nana Korantona Ayobosto; Joseph Bryant ;Master Liberian dancer Kormassa Bobo and her American-born daughter and apprentice Saigay Sheriff demonstrate some of the repertoire they share. Bobo danced in the premier troupes in her native Liberia and toured internationally before fleeing to the United States in 1993, while Liberia was engulfed in the first of two back-to-back civil wars. Today, an estimated 15,000 or more Liberians call the Philadelphia area home, and Bobo is committed to teaching Liberian traditional dances to both show them a positive side of their heritage, and help them focus on ways to advocate for themselves with dignity. This session is co-presented with the Philadelphia Folklore Project.