Ajuba Grinage-Bartley
I am a retired School Librarian who served in the New York City Department of Education for over 29.
Academic Background:
Fellowship in Shakespearean Theatre June 1991- June 1992ollege Bank Street College School of Education September 1988- June 1990,
Master’s of Science in Education in Honors.
Marymount Manhattan College 1970-1975,BA in Scoiology and Art
Harlem Preparatory High School1969-1970, Academic Diploma
I am the youngest person to ever join the Grandassa Models. My parents, John and Jo Grinage, would take our family to the Naturally dancers annually. My father always sold a lot of tickets for this affair and my mom was one of the jazz artist that performed. We Would bathe in our African culture and enjoy the beauty of our people, The men from the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement would perform drills in their uniforms and Mr. Peeker would give lecture and Elombe would host the show, Frank Abu, would always perform, Fredrick Douglas ’speech about the 4th of July.
I love traveling and extrapolating the greatness and beauty of each culture that I experienced into my own life. One of my passions has been to work with and assist the less fortunate in my community. I am married to Hisani Bartle and have a daughter Saeida hall. As a teenager, I worked with Brooklyn Core, with Sonny Carson and was very active in the Civil Rights Movement. I enjoyed sharing our liberation struggles with students, as our struggle continues. One of my current goals is to setup a research and Arts Center, to embrace ethnic, racial, culture and diversity in an ethical and practical way. My husband and I worked with Elombe with the Patrice Lumumba Coalition in Harlem, chronicling his programs through videography. At this season in my life, I’m doing things for the community, and I help care for my 93 year old, mother.
