Flyer soliciting subscription to Pan African Notes magazine: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flyer solicits subscriptions to Pan African Notes magazine. The flyer is yellow with black text and features an image of Amilcar Cabral on the right. A quote by Cabral is typed below the image and his name is typed on the left and right sides of the image. The title, [PAN AFRICAN / NOTES / Magazine of the Pan African Students Organization / in the Americas] is typed in the top right corner. On the left, text reads: [WHAT WOULD / $5 BUY YOU / IN AMERICA?]. The back of the flyer is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1973
• Created by: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977
• Subject of: Amílcar Cabral, Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean, 1924 - 1973
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Africa
• Place depicted: Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.70
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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