Monday, August 24, 1998
			The African American Ring Shout Tradition in Coastal Georgia
			Using oral history, first-person accounts, musical transcriptions and photographs, Shout Because You’re Free describes the history and present-day performance of the ring shout, the oldest known African-American performance tradition surviving on the North American continent. Performed for religious worship, this fusion of dance, song and percussion survives today in the Bolden community of McIntosh County. The book documents a group of performers known as the McIntosh County Shouters. The result of 16 years of research and field work by Art Rosenbaum and Margo Newmark Rosenbaum, Shout Because You’re Free includes descriptions of present-day community shouts, a chapter on the history of the shout’s African origins, the recollections of early outside observers and later folklorists’ comments. In addition, the tunes and texts of 25 shout songs performed by the McIntosh County Shouters are transcribed by ethnomusicologist Johann S. Buis. Art Rosenbaum is professor of art at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Margo Newmark Rosenbaum is a professional photographer. Johann S. Buis is coordinator of music education programs at the Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago.
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