Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors
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"Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors" is a poetry collection by Haki R. Madhubuti that explores Black identity, history, and cultural memory through politically charged and introspective verse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3373900 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors Context triple: [Haki R. Madhubuti, notableWork, Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors]
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A.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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B.
Souls of the Departed
"Souls of the Departed" is a rock song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 1992 album *Lucky Town*, that reflects on death, loss, and the human cost of violence and war.
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C.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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Über das Gedächtnis
Über das Gedächtnis is Hermann Ebbinghaus’s pioneering 1885 work that introduced experimental methods to the study of human memory, including the famous forgetting curve and learning curve.
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E.
The Forgotten
"The Forgotten" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day from their 2012 album trilogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors Target entity description: "Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors" is a poetry collection by Haki R. Madhubuti that explores Black identity, history, and cultural memory through politically charged and introspective verse.
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A.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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B.
Souls of the Departed
"Souls of the Departed" is a rock song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 1992 album *Lucky Town*, that reflects on death, loss, and the human cost of violence and war.
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C.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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D.
Über das Gedächtnis
Über das Gedächtnis is Hermann Ebbinghaus’s pioneering 1885 work that introduced experimental methods to the study of human memory, including the famous forgetting curve and learning curve.
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E.
The Forgotten
"The Forgotten" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day from their 2012 album trilogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African-centered education
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Black nationalist thought ⓘ |
| author | Haki R. Madhubuti ⓘ |
| authorEthnicity |
African American
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linked to:
Black Americans
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | male ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
readers interested in Black history
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readers interested in political poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Black Arts Movement ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
African American experience
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Black history ⓘ Black identity ⓘ cultural memory ⓘ political consciousness ⓘ |
| subject |
African heritage
ⓘ
Black liberation ⓘ community empowerment ⓘ memory and history ⓘ political struggle ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ |
| tone |
introspective
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politically charged ⓘ |
| workFocus |
critiquing systemic oppression
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honoring ancestors ⓘ reclaiming historical memory ⓘ |
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Subject: Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors Description of subject: "Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors" is a poetry collection by Haki R. Madhubuti that explores Black identity, history, and cultural memory through politically charged and introspective verse.
Referenced by (2)
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Don L. Lee