Curator's Talk: Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time
Curator's Talk via Zoom with Kevin Dumouchelle
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The ‘Big Six’ were the leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), a political party founded by J.B. Danquah in 1947 to push for self-government. They organized Ghana’s first political party, channeling constructive impatience into a campaign for independence.
“...Unless Colonial Government is changed and a new Government of the people and their Chiefs installed at the centre immediately, the conduct of masses now completely out of control with strikes…will continue…Working Committee United Gold Coast Convention declare they are prepared and ready to take over interim Government. We ask in name of oppressed, inarticulate, misruled and misgoverned people and their Chiefs that Special Commissioner be sent out immediately to hand over Government to interim Government of Chief and People and to witness immediate calling of Constituent Assembly.”
—Telegram from United Gold Convention leaders (Accra) to Secretary of State (London), Feb. 28, 1948
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei (1916-2002), Edward Akufo-Addo (1906-1979), J.B. Danquah (1895-1965), Emmaneul Obetsebi-Lamptey (1902-1963), William Ofori Atta (1910-1988) Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
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Beyond Aesthetics: Reflection on the Art of Okuku Headdress in Benin Religion and Culture
The okuku headdress, most notably associated with the royal women of the Benin kingdom, has in modern days become more popular with nonroyal women. Join Itohan Idumwonyi, Ph.D., professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University, as she explores okuku’s significance in Benin dress culture and as a metaphor of representation, citizenship, and ethnic identification. She further argues that women’s re/creativity of okuku is a conceptual art and should be paralleled with the male-produced artwork such as Igun bronze casting.
Wednesday at 10 for African Folktales
Watoto Reads 5/26
Jackal's Favorite Game Adapted by Gale Greenlee Illustrated by Eric Wilkerson from the collection African-American Children's Stories: A Treasury of Tradition and Pride
A Nigerian Folktale,"Why the Sky is Far Away" for Watoto Reads
Ms.Judirose reads a Nigerian folktale for National Museum of African Art
Ms Judirose reads a Nigerian folktale Wednesday at 10 a.m.
"Fire on the Mountain" an Ethiopian folk tale
Ms Judirose reads an Ethiopian folk tale, "Fire on the Mountain.
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Ms Judirose invites you to WatotoReads at 10 on Wednesday
Ms. Judi Rose on Watoto Reads.
Reading 2 Ways to count to 10 from African-American Children's Stories
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