Amandla: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

2015.263.1a: An audio cassette tape. The cassette is clear plastic. Each side has a black label with white type and a header reading: [MILES DAVIS/AMANDLA/CATEMBE • COBRA •/BIT TIME • HANNIBAL] on Side 1, and [MILES DAVIS/AMANDALA/JO-JO • AMANDLA • JILLIT/MR. PASTORIUS] on Side 2. Both sides feature the Warner Brothers’ logo with the audio cassette’s number listed below [4-25873]. Side 1 has a list of the producers and Side 2 has copyright information.

2015.263.1b: An audio cassette paper jacket. The jacket has purple type on the front that reads, [MILES DAVIS] above a drawing. The center of the front features a colorful abstract depiction of a man with instruments, and [AMANDLA] scrawled in black across the top. The side of the jacket has type with the artist’s name and the audio cassette’s title. The back of the jacket has a list of the songs on the audio cassette. The interior of the jacket has a list of songs with musical contributors.

2015.263.1c: An audio cassette tape case made of clear plastic. The case has interior holders to insert an audio cassette jacket.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1989
• Recorded by: Miles Davis, American, 1926 - 1991
• Published by: Warner Bros. Records, Inc., American, founded 1958
• Type: audio cassettes
• Medium: plastic , magnetic tape , ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D (cassette): 2 1/2 × 4 × 1/2 in. (6.4 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (jacket): 4 × 5 1/2 in. (10.2 × 14 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (case): 2 3/4 × 4 5/16 × 11/16 in. (7 × 11 × 1.7 cm)
• Place made: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Object number: 2015.263.1abc
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Timothy Anne Burnside
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1989 Warner Bros. Records Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.