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Mission Artists: Editorial Pocho-Che Mission Artists: Editorial Pocho-Che
Date: 2/12/1972Call Number: RP 009Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Mission Artists read poetry and play music. SENSITIVE LANGUAGE. Featuring poets Roberto Vargas, Elias Hruska Cortes, Alejandro Murgia; and musicians Richard Carrillo (guitar) and Nero de Grazia (Congas). Mission Arts Alliance and Writers Workshop.
Nicaragua bebop Nicaragua bebop
Date: 10/28/1985Call Number: KP 102BFormat: Cass BCollection: Nicaragua
Unedited recording session of Rosario Murillo’s poem “I’ve had to tear up all the daily papers” read by Nina Serrano, accompanied by Stephen Herrick on sax. Rosario Murillo is the director of the association of Sandanista Cultural workers. The poem is dedicated to her husband, Daniel Ortega, the President of Nicaragua.
Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez- Sandinista poet Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez- Sandinista poet
Date: 11/30/1990Call Number: JG/ 078Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez, Sandinista priest, reads his poetry in San Francisco in promotion of his new book.
Nicaragua bebop Nicaragua bebop
Date: 10/28/1985Call Number: CD 517Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Unedited recording session of Rosario Murillo’s poem “I’ve had to tear up all the daily papers” read by Nina Serrano, accompanied by Stephen Herrick on sax. Rosario Murillo is the director of the association of Sandanista Cultural workers. The poem is dedicated to her husband, Daniel Ortega, the President of Nicaragua.
Mission Artists: Editorial Pocho-Che Mission Artists: Editorial Pocho-Che
Date: 2/12/1972Call Number: CD 571Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Mission Artists read poetry and play music. SENSITIVE LANGUAGE. Featuring poets Roberto Vargas, Elias Hruska Cortes, Alejandro Murgia; and musicians Richard Carrillo (guitar) and Nero de Grazia (Congas). Mission Arts Alliance and Writers Workshop.
Guitarra Armada Music of the Sandinista Guerrillas: Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Carlos Mejia Godoy Guitarra Armada Music of the Sandinista Guerrillas: Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Carlos Mejia Godoy
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: Vin 066Format: VinylProducers: Rounder RecordsCollection: General materials
The album is a collection of Nicaraguan revolution songs written by the Mejia Godoy brothers. They composed these "anthemic" and "instructional" songs for the population enabling isolated and illiterate "campesinos" to participate in the activities of their own liberation from the Somoza dictatorship. These songs helped coordinate the insurrection's campaign to connect and encourage the many revolutionary groups in Nicaragua.
Guitarra Armada Music of the Sandinista Guerrillas: Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Carlos Mejia Godoy Guitarra Armada Music of the Sandinista Guerrillas: Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Carlos Mejia Godoy
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: Vin 068Format: VinylProducers: EnigracCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The album is a collection of Nicaraguan revolution songs written by the Mejia Godoy brothers. They composed these "anthemic" and "instructional" songs for the population enabling isolated and illiterate "campesinos" to participate in the activities of their own liberation from the Somoza dictatorship. These songs helped coordinate the insurrection's campaign to connect and encourage the many revolutionary groups in Nicaragua.
Ferlinghetti reading "Nicaraguan Volcanto" Ferlinghetti reading "Nicaraguan Volcanto"
Call Number: KP 506AFormat: Cass ACollection: Nicaragua
Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading a poem about the Nicaraguan revolution.