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Modupe Olufunmi portfolio.
- Title
- Modupe Olufunmi portfolio.
- Author
- Olufunmi, Modupe
- Publication
- 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Portfolio (Olufunmi, M.) | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Description
- 21 items (one box, .5 cubic feet); 28 x 36 cm
- 12 photographic prints : color ;
- 9 photographic prints : color ;
- Summary
- Depictions of residents, students, foreign visitors, religious structures and historical sites in Ethiopia in 1992, related to the history of the Aksumite Kingdom and the Ethiopian Orthodox religion in the city of Axum, Tigray Province, and the participation of the Rastafari community in the centennial celebration of the birth of Emperor Haile Selassie.
- Collection consists of candid shots of Christian women and children in Axum; candid shots and views of Rastafari residents of Shashamane, Oromia, and Rastafari travelers from England and Jamaica; views of Rastafari celebrants and university students during centennial celebrations in the capital Addis Ababa; views of Ethiopian Orthodox religious structures, including the original and modern churches of Our Lady Mary of Zion, Axum, and the Maryam Church, built on Mount Entoto by Menelik II; views in Axum of ancient obelisks (stelas) and the site of the palace of the Queen of Sheba; and views of Aksumite artifacts and Selassie's 1930 ceremonial umbrella. Photographer Modupe Olufunmi is depicted posing in front of an obelisk.
- Subjects
- Dye coupler prints > 1990-1999
- Group portraits > 1990-1999
- Portrait photographs > 1990-1999
- Āksum (Ethiopia)
- Ethiopia
- Foreign visitors > Jamaican > Ethiopia > 1990-1999
- Foreign visitors > English > Ethiopia > 1990-1999
- Christians > Ethiopia
- Centennial celebrations > Ethiopia > Addis Ababa > 1990-1999
- Rastafari movement > Ethiopia > Shashemenē
- Historic sites > Ethiopia > Āksum > 1990-1999
- Orthodox churches > Ethiopia > Āksum > 1990-1999
- Haile Selassie > I, > Emperor of Ethiopia, > 1892-1975 > Anniversaries, etc
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1990-1999.
- Group portraits – 1990-1999.
- Dye coupler prints – 1990-1999.
- Note
- Title based on photo captions.
- All photographs bear handwritten captions either written on verso of print, or on labels accompanying print.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Empress Modupe Olufunmi-Jacobs is a Haitian-born urban environmental educator and leader in the Inivershall Rastafari Movement in Saint Vincent.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Olufunmi, M.)
- OCLC
- 1312214335
- Author
- Olufunmi, Modupe, photographer.
- Title
- Modupe Olufunmi portfolio.
- Production
- 1994.
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Terms Of Use
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography
- Empress Modupe Olufunmi-Jacobs is a Haitian-born urban environmental educator and leader in the Inivershall Rastafari Movement in Saint Vincent.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Olufunmi, M.)