Photograph of Abiodun Oyewole and Jalal Nuriddin: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Abiodun Oyewole and Jalal Nuriddin: Date: 1980s. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Abiodun Oyewole, American, born 1948.
The object in the museum catalogue
Color photograph of Abiodun Oyewole and Jalal Nuriddin performing on stage. Both men are using microphones. Oyewole is wearing a red, white, and green vertically striped cloak, while Nuriddin is wearing a brown leather jacket and green cap.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1980s
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Abiodun Oyewole, American, born 1948
- Subject of: Jalal M. Nuriddin, American, born 1944
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image and sheet): 4 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (12.4 × 8.9 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Spoken word (Poetry)
- Object number: 2014.40.9.9
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Qaddafi El-Hadi in memory of Suliaman El-Hadi
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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