Cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions . Credit Line: Museum purchase (Congo /Gabon)April 1 1:30–3:30 p.m. Learn about the art of the kingdom of Benin and how its artists used a stylized African eye motif throughout their sculpture. Then, breakdown the shapes of this traditional design element to create your own contemporary abstract work of art. […]
Cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions Photo Credit Aida MadyApril 15 1:30–3:30 p.m. Egypt is not only famous for pyramids and ancient history but also for the amazing food influenced by the convergence of several civilizations in the region. Join gourmet chef Aida Mady as she shares her love and indigenous knowledge of Egypt’s culinary arts. […]
Cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions Photo courtesy of Icarus FilmsDying for Gold April 18 For over 120 years, hundreds of thousands of black men from countries throughout southern Africa have left their families to mine for gold in South Africa. Today, these mining communities face severe poverty and the world’s greatest epidemic of silicosis and […]
Cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions h2>Museum Workshop for Teachers April 25, 2020 10 a.m.–4 p.m. National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa Gold from West Africa was the engine that drove the movement of things, people, and […]
Cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions Photo courtesy of Loma Mansa ProductionsThe German King April 25 1:30 - 4 pm Set in 1914 at the beginning of World War I, The German King (20 min., 2019) by Adetokumboh M’Cormack documents the heroic life story of Rudolf Manga Bell, an African king in the German colony of […]
