This is the reproduction of the cover of a concert program for abakuá music. The original concert was part of a series produced by Argelier León between 1959 and 1962. This one was of Abakuá music and the program notes include an essay about abakuá music and a transcription of some of the songs. The cover shows the ritual writing, a set of graphic symbols denoting important elements of the group's history and cosmology. I received a copy of the program at an event at Casa de Africa in 2011.
This performance by members of Oba Ilú was part of a celebration of the restoration of a statue of General Quintín Banderas (c. 1846-1906), which stands in Trillo Park in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood of Havana. The statue was originally erected in 1921 by the Afrocuban professional association, Club Atenas. Banderas had been one of the black generals of the Wars for Independence in Cuba. Afterwards, he became an advocate for political reform and participated in a liberal uprising against the corrupt government of Tomás Estrada Palma. He was killed on August 23, 1906 by government-backed militias during the uprising. The restoration of the statue acknowledges the contribution of black commanders and troops to the liberation of Cuba from colonial Spanish rule.
This image shows a dancer in full body masquerade performing the dance of the íreme, an ancestor spirit that plays a crucial role in the rituals of the abakuá brotherhood. There is a man holding out a plantain towards the íreme, who has turned his back. This is a gesture of trying to placate and control the unruly spirit.
Men from Oba Ilú play abakuá music. Amauris (on biapa, front left), Silvio (on cuchiyerema, back), Librado (on bonkó enchemiya, center), Penton (on ekon, back right), Dionisio (eroapa, right out of frame).
An article from ABC News describes the return of 735 acres of ancestral lands to the Penobscot Nation. The land had been owned by the Elliotsville Foundation, Roxanne Quimby's land trust which also donated the federal lands to form Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Quimby's family describes their land donations as part of a reparations process and restoration of ancestral Wabanaki lands.
Newspaper article titled "Abortion Activists Face Off at Clinics on Good Friday" from the Michigan Daily. Details pro and anti abortion protests in Novi, MI and Farmington Hills, MI.
Article from the Michigan Daily about a rally held by two reproductive rights groups on the University of Michigan Diag. Includes a large photo of a UM alumnus and member of the Ann Arbor Committee to Defend Abortion and Reproductive Rights speaking at the rally.
This newspaper clipping describes a Freedom Rally sponsored by the Student Non-Violent Co-Ordinating Committee (SNCC) of over 300 community members marching from City Hall to the First Method Church near the University of Michigan’s Central Campus. This event, which featured John Lewis, was to precipitate the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that would take place the following day in Washington D.C.. At the start of the event, the SNCC was joined by demonstrators of the Ann Arbor Fair Housing Association - CORE who were continuing their advocacy for fair housing.
An account of one time president of Joint House President, Josh Barclay, describing an incident involving former housemates. Even within the hardly puritanical ICC, Joint House had an especially noteworthy reputation in terms of drug use and problematic behavior. It was stories like this that convinced the ICC board of directors to shutter Joint House and rebrand the house as the Ella Baker Graduate Cooperative in 2007, with the goal of targeting graduate students who would be more mature and accountable.
Demonstrators from the organization ACT UP protest in front of the headquarters of the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA opened up access to experimental drugs soon after.
AIDS activist group ACT UP organized numerous protests on Wall Street in the 1980s. The group's tactics helped speed the process of finding an effective treatment for AIDS.
Advertisement photograph of the PLATO touchscreen from Control Data. Caption reads: "A computer-based system, called Control Data PLATO, is offered by Control Data Corporation to help train engineers and support personnel in electric utilities engineering/operations programs. By merely touching the screen, users can answer questions or change parameters in a power system to study load flow, switching techniques, outages and other utility problems."
A typed document listing reasons for the ICC to purchase Thayer House. Reasons revolve around the need for increased capacity, finances, and expanding the ICC in line with the acquisitions made by past members to provide for future generations of residents with more affordable housing in Ann Arbor.
The Ferndale Area District Library in Ferndale, MI hosts a monthly book club for children 8-12 years old that also doubles as a social event for children. The book club is hosted the second Tuesday of each month starting this December and is from 4-5pm ET. The Ferndale Library also regularly hosts events for kids such as youth book clubs, tutoring help, and literacy programs and reading trackers for newborns, toddlers, and those entering Pre-K and Kindergarten. The book club is hosted at Affirmations, which is down the street from the library. The main library is open 10am - 8pm on weekdays and 12pm - 5pm on weekends.
