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Recto: numerous black figures within blocks resembling houses; an illustration to an Ghanaian proverb; third of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Recto: a graphic black figure on his hands and knees holding a decorative bowl with in a decorated border; an illustration to a Guinean; fourth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

The words 'respect yourself', 'protect yourself' against a background map of Africa; advertisement for the African American HIV/AIDS program by the American Red Cross. Colour lithograph 1990.

African American people at a dance: the fiddler sits apart with a puzzled expression. Colour process print after L. Hopkins.

Recto: a black figure hugs a picture of another to his chest within a graphic background; an illustration to an Ethiopian proverb; sixth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Recto: two black figures with arms outstretched and touching each other within a graphic background as an illustration to a Sierra Leonean proverb; first of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith1992.

Recto: a black figure with numerous heads and hands together holding a lion within a graphic background incorporating further heads; an illustration to an Ethiopian proverb; fifth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Yearning : race, gender, and cultural politics.

Recto: a graphic black figure with two faces incorporating a head as a chest pointing to a board displaying symbols; an illustration to a Cameroonian proverb; second of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

African American folk healing / Stephanie Y. Mitchem.

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Recto: a graphic black figure on his hands and knees holding a decorative bowl with in a decorated border; an illustration to a Guinean; fourth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Recto: a black figure hugs a picture of another to his chest within a graphic background; an illustration to an Ethiopian proverb; sixth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Yearning : race, gender, and cultural politics.

Recto: a graphic black figure with two faces incorporating a head as a chest pointing to a board displaying symbols; an illustration to a Cameroonian proverb; second of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

African American folk healing / Stephanie Y. Mitchem.