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Bringing a tyrannical Ethiopian queen and her twins to life
The Abyssinians is set in the 5th Century in the Aksumite Empire, also known as the Kingdom of Aksum. Aksum was a wealthy and influential monarchy that at its height spanned what is now northern ...
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The Abyssinian Baptist Church
A group of Ethiopian merchants and free African-Americans established the first Abyssinian Baptist Church on Worth Street in 1808 after refusing to accept segregated services in downtown’s First ...
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January acquisitions round-up: Lavinia Fontana’s Portrait of Antonietta Gonzales goes to Tokyo museum
Drawing on Ethiopian folklore, it imagines the journey of a queen from the Abyssinian Empire carried by her people in slow-motion monochrome. Yatreda’s creative director, Kiya Tadele ...
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New leader of New York’s iconic Abyssinian Baptist Church wants to keep ‘high culture’ alive
NEW YORK — While many churches across America have ditched dressing up for service in favor of a come as you are policy, at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, the congregation’s new ...