Videos of the 2020 ABBDA Doll Show

The videos of the 2020 Annual Festival of Black Dolls Show and Sale are uploaded on Youtube in six parts.  Videos of the interview of Bukola Somide and the drawing for the Harriet Tubman doll were posted on Instagram. Snippets of the guest's interview are also included in the Youtube videos. 

In these videos, you will learn the history of the Oakland African American Museum and Library and the history of the African American Black Beauty Doll Artists club, the organization that sponsored the show. A brief spoon doll workshop and commentary from members of ABBDA and other vendors with their dolls or doll-related items are included in these videos. Links to the lists of members/vendors are included below the videos.

 

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Interview of Bukola Somide

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Watch @stacelinamonique live with Bukola Somide @compscibae, the inventor of the Computer Science Interactive Somi Doll❗️💕 Check out her website innovant-tech.com to purchase and for more information.

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Instagram Drawing

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Vendor List

Vendor List continued

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Hall of Famer Baby Nancy

Baby Nancy, 1968 (ponytail version without bangs) Shindana Toys' first doll

Baby Nancy, Shindana Toys' first doll (1968), Sidewalk Chalk, and Jenga have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.

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National Toy Hall of Fame

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Baby Nancy

The Shindana Story

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Virtual Black Doll Show Nov. 7, 2020

Copied from @blackdollartists on Instagram:

"Join us throughout the day, Saturday, NOV 7th for all of our Festival of Black Dolls Events streaming on Facebook:

"10:00 AM PST - Throughout the day

There will be black doll vendors from across the country, plus a spoon doll workshop and more! 

 

"Guest Speaker Bukola Somide, Author "Somi the Computer Scientist: Princess can Code" and the Somi Interactive Doll.

1:00 PM PST Live via Instagram

2:00 PM PST Live via Facebook

 

"3:30 PM - 4:15 PM PST

Our porcelain rendition of Harriett Tubman will be raffled off Live on Facebook, directly from the African American Museum Library at Oakland. 

"You can get your raffle tickets from our website."

Register here. 

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