Jonkonnu
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Imprint: Philomel Books
(Dec 29, 1997)
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780399228315
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780399228315
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Description of Jonkonnu
In a story based on Winslow Homer’s accounts of an 1876 trip to Petersburg, Virginia, the artist stirs up controversy when he poses freed slaves in colorful costumes while he paints a tribute to Jonkonnu, an African-American holiday celebrating freedom from slavery.
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