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["Black Don't Crack But My Soul Does Ache", 4 tracks]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the theatrical performance "Black Don't Crack But My Soul Does Ache," which was written, directed, and performed by Kim Fields on February 13-14, 2009 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. Track 1: "Salsa" and Track 2: "Easy Listening".
Date: February 2009
Duration: 19 minutes 01 second
Creator: Feilds, Kim
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Hip-Hop Broadway: The Musical" master soundtrack, disc 2]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Hip-Hop Broadway: The Musical" performance held on November 14th, 2009 at the Winspear Opera House. The tape includes six clips of show tunes and was used as the master soundtrack for the event.
Date: November 2009
Duration: 21 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Woods, Woody
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Della Reese performing live]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a live performance of blues and gospel singer Della Reese at an unknown venue. The tape includes two tracks of well recorded audio of the concert which plays Della Reese along with a jazz band.
Date: 2009/2010
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Reese, Della
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Traditional story about the origin of the division into Terang subclans

Description: This a traditional story about the origin of the division into Terang subclans starting with two Terang brothers, the younger one, Dili and the older one, Rongchetcho (also referred to as Rongchercho); the older one causes a lot of hardship for the younger one, finally, the younger one, Dili, takes a vow to officially form separate subclans (with various societal implications).
Date: February 2, 2009
Duration: 9 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of a bamboo pork recipe

Description: This is a description of a recipe for pork with fermented bamboo shoots.
Date: January 23, 2009
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about 1950s Boro culture

Description: This is a description of the cultural life of the Boros in Kokrajhar during the 1950s. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 8, 2009
Duration: 5 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about religious faith

Description: This is a narrative about religious belief. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Duration: 2 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about Boro society

Description: This is a narrative about personal experience on social systems of past and present. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of Bathou religion

Description: This is a narrative about belief system of the Boros. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Duration: 5 minutes 01 second
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about early life

Description: This is a personal narrative on ealry life of Mr. Ghana Kanta Basumatary, the first folk song singer to be broadcast on All India Radio, Guwahati. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 8, 2009
Duration: 7 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about early life

Description: This is a personal narrative about early life. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 8, 2009
Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation and radio broadcast of Boro folk song

Description: This is a folk song along with its background that was first sung and broadcast on All India Radio, Guwahati. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 8, 2009
Duration: 6 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description about silk rearing

Description: This is a description about silk rearing and making sticky glue out of rice. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description about cooking rice

Description: This is a description about food preparation, how it was done in olden times and how it should be done. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description about making a bamboo sieve

Description: This is a description about making bamboo sieve. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Duration: 2 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description on traditional dish

Description: This is a a description about preparing a dish. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of weaving practices

Description: This is a description of different weaving tools and how weaving is traditionally done by the Boros. Dialect: Bwddwn
Date: February 9, 2009
Duration: 5 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description about traditional way of fishing

Description: This is a description of how fishing is done by the Boros traditionally by using different fishing tools. Dialect: Bwddwn
Date: February 9, 2009
Duration: 2 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative about an ungrateful son

Description: This is a story of an ungrateful boy who leaves his parents in search of a job. He returns home with his friend one day and introduces his mother as a working woman; the mother cries a lot, the boy gets back to job and dies. Dialect: Sanzari
Date: February 3, 2009
Duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information
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