Title: Shout because you're free
First published: 1998
Description: The ring shout is the oldest-known African American performance tradition surviving on the North American continent. Performed for the purpose of religious worship, this fusion of dance, song, and percussion survives today in the Bolden community of McIntosh County, Georgia. Incorporating oral history, first-person accounts, musical transcriptions, photographs, and drawings, Shout Because You're Free documents a group of performers known as the McIntosh County Shouters.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Religious life and customs, Religion, Folklore, African Americans, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies, MUSIC, Genres & Styles, Folk & Traditional, Manners and customs, Küstengebiet, Volkslied, African americans, social conditions, Georgia, history, African americans, georgia, Folklore, united states, Georgia, social life and customs
Places: McIntosh County, Georgia, McIntosh County (Ga.)
LC classification: F292.M15 R67 1998