Photograph
Baba Hannibal Tirus Afrik
| Waist-up portrait of Baba Hannibal Tirus Afrik, sent to an unnamed son for Kwanzaa 1972. Afrik was a school teacher and a leader in the creation of African culture-centered independent institutions in Chicago. In the year this photograph was taken, he had created Shule YA Watoto (school for children) on the west side of Chicago, which would be a self-sufficient school for more than 30 years. On the photograph's front, Afrik has written: "To My Young Warrior, Kwanzaa 72." On the back he has written" "'If I return I shall kiss you, But if I fall, I shall ask you to do as I have done in the name of REVOLUTION.' Your Warrior Father, Hannibal Tirus Afrik. UMOJA 12-26-72." The quotation is the title given to a book Emory Douglas wrote for the Black Panther Party, and was there claimed as an old Cuban proverb. |
| Image ID: | 129852 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 12 26 1972 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Chicago |
| County: | |
| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | CF 32912 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2.25 x 3.25 inches |
| Clothing and dress |
| Jewelry |
| Teachers |
| African Americans |
| Beards |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Moustache |
| Portrait photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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