Sister’s Voices: The Music and Words of Enslaved Women
February 27, 2016 |
FREE EVENT – DOES NOT INCLUDE GENERAL ADMISSIONSister’s Voices: The Music and Words of Enslaved Women
Saturday, February 27
Performances at 11:00 and 1:30
Dr. Naima J. Bush, who performed her musical lecture “History of the Negro Spiritual” in 2015, is back this year with a new program. “Sister’s Voices” explores the lives of women trapped by the bondage of slavery, using music, poetry, storytelling and narrative. The stories include accounts from women of The Hermitage as well as Anna Kingsley’s From Slave to Plantation Mistress, Sojourner Truth’s Ain’t She a Woman?, and Mariah of Carnton Plantation’sCaring for the Enemy Dead. Performances are 45 minutes.
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Website:
thehermitage.com/event/sisters-voices-the-music-and-words-of-enslaved-women/ |
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| Location Information |
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Andrew Jackson's Hermitage |
4580 Rachel's Lane
Hermitage, TN 37076 |
| Website:
thehermitage.com/ |
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| Contact Information |
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Hannah Howard |
| Email:
hhoward@thehermitage.com |
| Phone:
615-889-2941 |
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