Abiyoyo (Reading Rainbow season 4, episode 5) (1986) (No video link)
Title
Abiyoyo (Reading Rainbow season 4, episode 5) (1986) (No video link)
Subject
Folklore--South Africa
Folklore
South Africa
Description
Content description from IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0683360):
In one of the rare times Reading Rainbow uses a studio set, LeVar tells about storytelling through music. The then-new art of music videos is first up, with clips of "Who's Johnny" (among others). Pete Seeger appears on the set to perform his version of Abiyoyo. Pete explains that he adapted an old African folk tale, about a boy who helps get rid of a giant terrorizing his town, when Seeger's children pestered him to come up with a unique bedtime story that included music. Also unique to this episode: all the book reviewers share the stage with LeVar.
Ephemera: none available
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In one of the rare times Reading Rainbow uses a studio set, LeVar tells about storytelling through music. The then-new art of music videos is first up, with clips of "Who's Johnny" (among others). Pete Seeger appears on the set to perform his version of Abiyoyo. Pete explains that he adapted an old African folk tale, about a boy who helps get rid of a giant terrorizing his town, when Seeger's children pestered him to come up with a unique bedtime story that included music. Also unique to this episode: all the book reviewers share the stage with LeVar.
Ephemera: none available
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
LeVar Burton (host)
Publisher
Great Plains National Television Library
Lancit Media Entertainment
On-Screen Entertainment
RCN Entertainment
WNED-TV Buffalo
Date
1986
Citation
“Abiyoyo (Reading Rainbow season 4, episode 5) (1986) (No video link),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed May 8, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/749.