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- Identifier:
- 4224.AbdullaRuby.AudioInt.001.4.13.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Ruby Abdulla, 1 of 3
- Date:
- 2016-04-13
- Creator:
- Abdulla, Ruby
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Islam--United States, foodways, Muslims--United States, Memoni language, and Food habits
- Location:
- Kanawha County (W. Va.), Charleston (W. Va.), and Madurai (India)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.AbdullaRuby.AudioInt.002.4.13.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Ruby Abdulla, 2 of 3
- Date:
- 2016-04-13
- Creator:
- Abdulla, Ruby
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Islam--United States, Food habits, foodways, Memoni language, and Muslims--United States
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.), Madurai (India), and Kanawha County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.AbdullaRuby.AudioInt.003.4.13.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Ruby Abdulla, 3 of 3
- Date:
- 2016-04-13
- Creator:
- Farah, Nariman and Abdulla, Ruby
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Muslims--United States, Islam--United States, Food habits, Memoni language, and foodways
- Location:
- Kanawha County (W. Va.), Charleston (W. Va.), and Madurai (India)
![["Ruby Abdulla, b. 1949, is an immigrant from southern India (via Canada). She was born in Madurai. Abdulla is Muslim and a member of Indias Memon community, a cultural minority. She is active with the Islamic Center in Charleston and is a skilled home cook, preparing traditional southern and northern Indian dishes."]](/thumb/4224AbdullaRubyIntTranscript41316 "Transcript of oral history of Ruby Abdulla")
- Identifier:
- 4224.AbdullaRuby.IntTranscript.4.13.16
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Ruby Abdulla
- Date:
- 2016-04-13
- Creator:
- Abdulla, Ruby and Farah, Nariman
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Muslims--United States, foodways, Food habits, Islam--United States, and Memoni language
- Location:
- Madurai (India), Kanawha County (W. Va.), and Charleston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.JohnsonKimJordanCody.AudioInt.8.19.20
- Title:
- Oral history of Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan
- Date:
- 2020-08-19
- Creator:
- Jordan, Cody and Johnson, Kim (Banjoist)
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Fiddling, Apprenticeship programs, Festivals, Old-time music, Fiddle tunes, Folk music--West Virginia, and Banjo
- Location:
- Kanawha County (W. Va.), Charleston (W. Va.), and Spring Hill (South Charleston, W. Va.)
![["Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan were participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Kim Johnson, a resident of South Charleston led an apprenticeship in banjo traditions of central West Virginia with apprentice Cody Jordan of Charleston. Johnson began playing with fiddler Wilson Douglas in 1979 and has played with and learned from many acclaimed West Virginia old-time musicians including Frank George and Lester McCumbers. She has taught both locally and nationally, at Augusta Heritage Center, Allegheny Echoes, The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and the Berkeley Old-time Music Convention. Jordan plays guitar in The Modock Rounders with Johnson, touring across the state and region, and is looking forward to expanding his knowledge of central West Virginia old-time banjo traditions.See our feature on Johnsons apprenticeship with Jordan here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/09/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kim-johnson-cody-jordan-banjo-traditions-of-central-west-virginia/The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers up to a $3,000 stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions.The apprenticeship program grants are administered by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council in Charleston and are supported in part by an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. West Virginia Folklife is dedicated to the documentation, preservation, presentation, and support of West Virginias vibrant cultural heritage and living traditions."]](/thumb/4224JohnsonKimJordanCodyIntTranscript81920 "Transcript of oral history of Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan")
- Identifier:
- 4224.JohnsonKimJordanCody.IntTranscript.8.19.20
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan
- Date:
- 2020-08-19
- Creator:
- Johnson, Kim (Banjoist) and Jordan, Cody
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Old-time music, Folk music--West Virginia, Fiddle tunes, Apprenticeship programs, Banjo, Folk music festivals, and Fiddling
- Location:
- Kanawha County (W. Va.), Charleston (W. Va.), and Spring Hill (South Charleston, W. Va.)
