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1. "Black News," Vol. 3, No. 8

Date:
1976-03
Description:
Periodical entitled, "Black News," Volume 3, Number 8, discussing a variety of topics regarding African and African-American life.

2. "Africa Moves Irresistibly Forward!"

Date:
1976
Description:
Eritreans for Liberation in North America newsletter entitled, "Africa Moves Irresistibly Forward!" discussing African Liberation Day and various stories about African matters.

3. "Black News," Vol. 3, No. 1

Date:
1975-05-31
Description:
Periodical entitled, "Black News," Volume 3, Number 1, the "Pan-Afrikan Issue," discussing a variety of topics regarding African and African-American life.

4. "Black News," Vol. 2, No. 25

Date:
1975-04-07
Description:
Periodical entitled, "Black News," Volume 2, Number 25, discussing a variety of topics regarding African and African-American life.

5. Kettle

Kettle
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Copper and brass kettle with intricately engraved design on lid, top, and sides; knob of lid, ornate handle, and spout brass; origin Morocco.

6. Wooden bust

Wooden bust
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Polished wooden head of a woman with turban-type head cover, dark stain, wood may be mahogany, origin North Africa.

7. Brass teapot with tray

Brass teapot with tray
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Brass teapot with handle; design engraved on lid and around belly of pot; rectangular base with four feet and carved designs; with brass tray that has engraved design; origin Morocco.

8. Copper bucket

Copper bucket
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Copper pail with handle and geometric design engraved around top; origin Morocco.

9. Brass Kettle

Brass Kettle
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Brass kettle with handle, damaged base; mark on base: "Marque de Pose"; origin Morocco.

10. Zither

Zither
Date:
1975-1999
Description:
Unstrung zither made by the Nyamwezi (Wanyamwezi) people of Tanzania.

11. Copper kettle

Copper kettle
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Copper kettle with brass parts on lid and handle; origin Morocco.

12. Belt

Belt
Date:
1975-1999
Description:
Multicolor beaded leather belt.

13. Grass basket

Grass basket
Date:
1975-1999
Description:
Basket made from natural grasses with wide stitching.

14. Brass bucket

Brass bucket
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Brass pail with handles on each side; origin Berber people of Morocco.

15. Copper bowl

Copper bowl
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Copper bowl with Acanthus leaf motif; on a stem with stamp on bottom: 1891800; origin Morocco.

16. Wooden object

Wooden object
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Small wooden object, intricately done with a loose wooden ring; origin Morocco.

17. Shawl pin

Shawl pin
Date:
1975
Description:
Metal Tuareg shawl pin with intricate design on face and blank back; origin Mali.

18. Hand bag

Hand bag
Date:
1975-1999
Description:
Brown leather and straw shoulder bag.

19. Hand bag

Hand bag
Date:
1975-1999
Description:
Two-toned string bag with strap.

20. "Black News," Vol. 2, No. 2

Date:
1973-04-15
Description:
Periodical entitled, "Black News," Volume 2, Number 25, predominantly discussing incarceration and the prison system with regard to African and African-American life.

21. Afrika Must Unite, Vol. 1, No. 4

Afrika Must Unite, Vol. 1, No. 4
Date:
1972
Description:
Periodical entitled, "Afrika Must Unite," Vol. 1, No. 4 from March/April 1972 including articles on Garveyism, Pan-Afrikans, musical traditions in Ghana, and other issues in Africa and the United States.

22. Mashariki (EAST) Structure, September 1972

Mashariki (EAST) Structure, September 1972
Date:
1972-09
Description:
Document entitled, "Mashariki (EAST) Structure," including writings entitled, "East Protocol," "Waziri Elimu - Education Ministry," "Mtoto Care Center," "The Evening School," "The East Bookstore," "Waziri Jamii," "Uchumi (Economics) Projection," "Past Observations and Projections for the East," "Waziri Uchumi, East Cultural Center," "Waziri Usalamu," "Program for 'Super Simbas,'" "Mashariki Waziri Habari One-Year Plan, " "JAMAA - Social Organization," The Moral Progression of a People can Scarcely Begin Until They Are Independent," and "Waziri Siasa."

24. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture on wood backing; antelope in a clearing by a lake, outlined in bark; origin Uganda.

25. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture with wood backing; man canoeing with two huts and two palm trees; inscribed on back: 1970 MR. PHEN Phenehas S. Sali; origin Uganda.

26. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture on wood backing; three birds in front of water with two palm trees; inscribed on back: 1970 MR. PHENEHAS SSALI; origin Uganda.

27. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture with wood backing; tall woman with child carrying a basket on her head, man with a spear, and two huts; origin Uganda.

28. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture on wood backing; village with two women in the forefront, mountains in the background, framed in bark; origin Uganda.

29. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture on wood backing; man in a canoe near by a palm tree, two huts and a tree in background; origin Uganda.

31. Water buffalo

Water buffalo
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Black and brown water buffalo, head turned, origin Uganda.

32. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden figure with tether headdress of wire and a shield, made for tourists, origin Uganda.

33. Tuyere (kiln part)

Tuyere (kiln part)
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
End of a pottery tuyere used in a kiln; a tuyere is a tube through which air or oxygen is blown into a blast furnace, a ceramic blow tube to keep the furnace hot; origin Uganda.

34. Bellows

Bellows
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Bellows used with tuyere and kiln; top skin and stick are missing; origin Uganda.

35. Small wooden pot

Small wooden pot
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Small wooden pot, crudely done; origin Ik people of Uganda.

36. Harp

Harp
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Five string harp with a wooden body, animal skin across top, cord strings; very decorated with geometric pattern wood-burned into body, arm has giraffe-like spots; origin Uganda.

37. Wooden leopard carving

Wooden leopard carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden leopard with painted spots, origin Uganda.

39. Decorated wooden container

Decorated wooden container
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden container with lid and two handles; lid has star and heart design, body has two leopards, origin Kenya.

40. Raffia basket

Raffia basket
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Yellow, violet, and natural coiled raffia basket with two handles; tray-shaped, repetitive geometric decorations in natural raffia within violet bands, edge is three rows of tightly woven material with handles on either side, plain underside; origin Uganda.

41. Raffia basket

Raffia basket
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Yellow, violet, and natural coiled raffia basket; repetitive geometric decorations in natural raffia within violet bands, edge is three rows of tightly woven material, plain underside; origin Uganda.

42. Carved wooden head

Carved wooden head
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Carved wooden head of a cattle herder, made for tourists, origin west Kenya.

43. Carved wooden head

Carved wooden head
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Carved wooden head of a cattle herder, made for tourists, origin west Kenya.

44. Carved wooden head

Carved wooden head
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Carved wooden head made for tourists, origin Uganda.

45. Soapstone Bowl

Soapstone Bowl
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Black soapstone bowl; plain except for one decoration around rim; origin East Africa.

46. Wooden boar carving

Wooden boar carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Black wooden boar, tail pointed upward and head turned as if ready to charge, origin Uganda.

47. Wooden giraffe carving

Wooden giraffe carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden giraffe with painted black spots and head facing backwards; origin Uganda.

48. Wooden hippopotamus carving

Wooden hippopotamus carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Brown wooden hippopotamus with open mouth and turned head, origin Uganda.

49. Wooden zebra carving

Wooden zebra carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden zebra with painted black stripes, origin Uganda.

50. Wooden lion carving

Wooden lion carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Brown wooden lion with open mouth, origin Uganda.