<I>Untitled (Jimmy Abu, AJASS member, model, and runway coach, in Elombe Brath and Kwame Brathwaite's apartment. Abu taught the Grandassa models how to properly walk the catwalk, Harlem)</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1963; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Kwame Brathwaite, American, 1938 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Jimmy Abu, American
label: Subject of
content: Patrice Émery Lumumba, Congolese, 1925 - 1961
label: Subject of
content: African Jazz-Arts Society and Studios, American, founded 1956
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Jimmy Abu, member of the African Jazz-Art Society and Studio (AJASS), in the Harlem apartment of Elombe Brath and Kwame Brathwaite. The photograph depicts Abu from the knees up, standing in three-quarters pose with his body turned towards the left edge of the photograph, and his head turned towards the viewer. He is standing just right of center, wearing a woven wedge cap, a white dashiki shirt, and a medium tone, embroidered agbada robe. He is holding an open book with his proper left hand. The book has a photograph of Patrice Émery Lumumba on the front and white text that reads [PATRICE / LUMUMBA / CONGO MY COUNTRY]. He is holding a white fly-whisk in his proper right hand at waist level. In the background is a tall wooden bookcase. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Pan Africanism
label: Movement
content: Black is Beautiful
label: Movement
content: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.26.7
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Courtesy of the Kwame Brathwaite Archive & Philip Martin Gallery, © Kwame Brathwaite
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm)