Windham-Campbell Festival: Skokiaan by Louis Armstrong
Thursday, 4 p.m.–5 p.m.
Event Info
Windham-Campbell Festival: Skokiaan by Louis Armstrong
September 22, 2022
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Room 38-39
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
06511
Free
“Skokiaan” is a popular tune originally written by Zimbabwean musician August Musarurwa that has been covered by many musician, including Louis Armstrong. Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu chats with Regina Bain, Executive Director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, about the song and about Armstrong’s tours through the African Continent in the 50s and 60s.
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Windham-Campbell Prizes
Open To:
undergraduate, faculty, alumni, Yale Postdoctoral Trainees, All Ages, General Public, Graduate and Professional, Spouses and Partners, Staff
