Shout Because You're Free: The African American Ring Shout Tradition in Coastal Georgia

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The ring shout is the oldest known African American performance tradition surviving on the North American continent. Performed for the purpose of religious worship, this fusion of dance, song and percussion survives today in the Bolton Community of McIntosh County, Georgia. Incorporating oral history, first-person accounts, musical transcriptions, photographs and drawings, Shout Because You're Free documents a group of performers known as the McIntosh County Shouters.