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Show Notes
In this episode, hosts John Fenn and Stephen Winick interview American Folklife Center interns Bryan Jenkins and Elisa Alfonso. Jenkins discusses AFC’s Web Cultures Web Archive, and interviews AFC reference librarian Allina Migoni about it. Alfonso discusses several versions of the Latin American children’s song “Señora Santana,” and speaks of its association with the 1960s Cuban children’s exodus that later became known as Operación Pedro Pan. The episode presents several versions of the song from Cuban, Mexican, and Spanish Americans in Florida, Texas, and California. More information on the performers and the selections can be found at https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife.
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