Jazz in the Cafe - Descendants: From Gannibal to Pushkin

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Jazz in the Cafe - Descendants: From Gannibal to Pushkin photo

‘Descendants’ describes lives defined by migration, in particular Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696 – 1781), and Alexander Pushkin (1799 – 1837). Gannibal was an Eritrean princeling enslaved by the Russian Tsar Peter the Great. He later rose to the rank of major general, and later superintendent of Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia), and is perhaps best known as the great grandfather of the celebrated Russian literary genius Alexander Pushkin.
With Helen McDonald, Vladimir Miller and The London Bridge Ensemble.
In celebration of the African Heritage Europe 1600 – 1815 tours, and the UNESCO Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024

Image: Courtesy of Photographer Evgeniy Yev Kazannik