{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/m32n58df3k/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Sana Musasama Oral History"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/010/original/Aviary_QPLlogo_192x192.png?1578574261","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClip 1: \u003c/strong\u003e Sana describes her family moving from Harlem to St. Albans in large part because of the space it provided and because of the Naval Base community they often frequented. She has fond memories of growing up in St. Albans and remembers it as a true community surrounded by love and care.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClip 2:\u003c/strong\u003e Sana's artistic capabilities were detected early on and as a result she was bused out to a \"better school\" in Richmond Hill. However, her experience quickly soured as she faced racism from teachers and classmates.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSana Musasama is an African-American ceramic and mixed-media artist from St. Albans, Queens; she still lives in the house she grew up in. Her family moved to St. Albans from Harlem, for more space, and to be closer to the St. Albans Naval Hospital, as her father was in the Navy and the hospital was a community hub. Both of her parents came up from Florence, South Carolina, during the Great Migration, and the family would go back to visit every summer. In the early 1950’s St. Albans was a mixed neighborhood that became all black over time, with a strong family-like community; the kids were in and out of all the houses and everyone knew each other – it has changed completely in the past few years as Musasama’s neighbors have more diverse backgrounds, and it is less friendly.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSana Musasama showed a talent for art early and for 5th grade, her teachers encouraged her family to bus her out to PS 90 in Richmond Hill, which had better arts education – it was there that she experienced real racism for the first time. She could tell her teacher did not like her; the other kids would not sit with her, and they wouldn’t give her the same supplies. She did not want to keep going, but her mother wanted her to, so she did - by the time she left the school it was integrated. She discusses how her parents dealt with racism by keeping to themselves and staying quiet, and how the younger generation learned to fight for their rights and protest.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMusasama also talks about visiting the Jamaica Arts Center, shopping at the department stores, going to movies on Jamaica Avenue, and sitting in King Manor Park.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://sana-musasama.com/\"\u003ehttps://sana-musasama.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright 2021 Sana Musasama, Linda Ganjian, CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0. 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She has fond memories of growing up in St. Albans and remembers it as a true community surrounded by love and care.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClip 2:\u003c/strong\u003e Sana's artistic capabilities were detected early on and as a result she was bused out to a \"better school\" in Richmond Hill. However, her experience quickly soured as she faced racism from teachers and classmates.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSana Musasama is an African-American ceramic and mixed-media artist from St. Albans, Queens; she still lives in the house she grew up in. Her family moved to St. Albans from Harlem, for more space, and to be closer to the St. Albans Naval Hospital, as her father was in the Navy and the hospital was a community hub. 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