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Title Interview with Amina Baraka
Library Henry Hampton Collection, Film & Media Archive, Washington University Libraries
Collection Name Henry Hampton Collection
Collection Overview These oral history interviews are part of the 'I'll Make Me A World: African-American Artists in the 20th Century' collection, a celebration of some extraordinary achievements by African-American writers, dancers, painters, actors, musicians, and other influential artists of the 20th Century.
Date 20 Oct 1997
Description Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Amina Baraka is a poet, actor, singer and activist. In this interview, Baraka discusses the idea of art for revolution, and the artist's obligation to the community. Baraka also describes how she started an African free school, and why the Eighties saw so many black women writers published.
Document Type Oral History (Video)
Theme(s) Arts and Culture; Government and Politics
Keywords arts, politics, propaganda, education, schools, literacy, womanhood, women's rights, family, business
Places Newark, New Jersey
People Brooks, Gwendolyn; Walker, Alice
Organisations/Associations Black Arts Movement (BAM)
Note Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of Washington University in St. Louis.
Name Baraka, Amina
Interviewer Greene, Denise
Date of Recording 20 Oct 1997
Duration 00:22:07
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