Barry jean ancelet biography of barack obama

American folklorist (born 1951)

Barry Jean Ancelet (pseudonym Jean Arceneaux; born 1951)^[1][4] is a Cajunfolklorist in Louisiana French and ethnomusicologist in Cajun music.

He has written several books, and under his pseudonym Jean Arceneaux, including poetry and lyrics to songs.

Early life and education

Born in Church Point, in Acadia Parish, Louisiana on 25 June 1951.^[1] He graduated from high school in 1969.

He then graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now named the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) with a Bachelor of Arts in French in 1974.^[2] He received a Master of Arts in folklore from Indiana University Bloomington in 1977.^[2] Ancelet obtained a doctorate in 1984 in Études Créoles (anthropology and linguistics) from the Université de Provence, (Aix-Marseille I) in Aix-en-Provence, France.^[2]

Career

Music festivals

Ancelet co-founded