Oral history interview with Akinsanya Kambon
name: label: Interviewee
content: Kambon, Akinsanya, 1946-
label: Interviewer
content: Decemvirale, John Vincent (1984-)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- California
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California
label: Occupation
content: Political activists
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content: African American sculptors
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content: African American painters
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content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American political activists
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content: Black Panther Party
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Kambon, Akinsanya, 1946-
label: Interviewer
content: Decemvirale, John Vincent (1984-)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Akinsanya David Kambon (1946- ) is a ceramicist known for his glazing innovations and integrations of traditional African aesthetics as well as his activism. Kambon was formerly a US Marine and a Black Panther, and he was also an art educator at Cal State Long Beach, California for over 20 years.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Items (audiovisual files (11 hrs., 21 min.), digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 198 Pages (Transcript)
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content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software) [Kit 3: iPad GG7DVUUZQ16M + Plantronics Calisto P7200 21EG5M]
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2022 July 20- 2023 March 16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kambon22
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Interviews
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content: Video recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
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content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Akinsanya Kambon conducted 2022 July 20- 2023 March 16, by J.V. Decemvirale for the Archives of American Art, at Kambon's home in Long Beach, California.