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Dancer and choreographer Asadata Dafora with Musu Esami (Frances Atkins), as the bridegroom and bride, in his dance-musical production "Kykunkor," 1934

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Text
Format:
Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints Portrait Photographs Publicity Photographs
Contributors:
Nash, Joe, 1919-2005
Created Date:
1934
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From Collection

Joe Nash black dance photograph collection

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African American Dancers
  2. African Americans
  3. African Americans In The Performing Arts
  4. Atkins, Frances
  5. Dafora, Asadata, 1890 1965
  6. Dance Companies

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