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Rasta Samba Gynin recording session at the Little River Community Center - Miami, Florida.

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Image Number

FA1105

Photographer

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Date Note

Photographed in August 1985.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1640, Metro-Dade 1985-1986 ; Box 4, FF2

Geographic Term

Miami (Fla.)
Dade County (Fla.)

Subject Term

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Ethnicity, Haitian
Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean
Drums
Songs, Haitian
Songs, Ethnic
Musical traditions, African diaspora
Musical traditions
Music--Performance
African American entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami
African American musicians--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Musical instruments
Percussion instruments
Haitian Americans--Music
Sound--Recording and reproducing
Community life--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Community centers--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Haitian American men--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Drum

Personal Subjects

Massena, Eddie

Corporate Subject

Little River Community Center (Miami, Fla.)
Rasta Samba Gynin.

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

General Note

The man on the drum in the middle may be Eddie Massena.

Rasta Samba Gynin recording session at the Little River Community Center - Miami, Florida.

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Rasta Samba Gynin recording session at the Little River Community Center - Miami, Florida.

Subject

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Ethnicity, Haitian

Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean

Drums

Songs, Haitian

Songs, Ethnic

Musical traditions, African diaspora

Musical traditions

Music--Performance

African American entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami

African American musicians--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Musical instruments

Percussion instruments

Haitian Americans--Music

Sound--Recording and reproducing

Community life--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Community centers--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Haitian American men--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Drum

Creator

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Identifier

FA1105

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed in August 1985.

Geographic Term

Miami (Fla.)

Dade County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1640, Metro-Dade 1985-1986 ; Box 4, FF2

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1640B4F2.

General Note

The man on the drum in the middle may be Eddie Massena.

Subject - Person

Massena, Eddie

Subject - Corporate

Little River Community Center (Miami, Fla.)

Rasta Samba Gynin.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Sommers, Laurie Kay. Rasta Samba Gynin recording session at the Little River Community Center - Miami, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/106172>, accessed 12 June 2026.

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Sommers, Laurie Kay. Rasta Samba Gynin recording session at the Little River Community Center - Miami, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/106172>

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(State Archives of Florida/Sommers)

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