Brown Girl in the Ring: An Anthology of Song Games from the Eastern Caribbean

By Alan Lomax, Bess Lomax Hawes, J.D. Elder

Award-winning author Alan Lomax has dedicated his life to recording the music of cultures that are largely ignored, thereby preserving forever a magnificent musical heritage. In the words of Studs... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679404538
• ISBN13: 9780679404538
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.9" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Valuable Resource

This book is an invaluable collection of Caribbean rings games, documenting traditions that are slowing fading away under the crush of North American pop culture. It is a cherished resource for my wife, who grew up in Dominica playing many of these games and now teaches them as part of her dance classes in Ohio. Anyone who buys this book must also get the companion CD from Rounder Records.