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Sounds of Africa
July 22, 2023
6:30–9:30 p.m.
Enid A. Haupt Garden
To register, [eventbrite.com/e/663780654807].
Come enjoy the lively beats of African diaspora Hip Hop music and dance away!
Sounds of Africa is an ongoing concert series celebrating the music of the African diaspora.

NMAfA acknowledges and celebrates all artists working to represent #LGBTQ + centered stories.

An exhibition and publication (by Kevin D. Dumouchelle) featuring out artists whose artwork connects their experiences as LGBTQ+ individuals is in the works. Stay tuned! #PrideMonth

Solstice Saturday kicks off with NMAFA's Sounds of Africa concert series celebrating 50 years of Hip-Hop!
Register here : t.ly/yDQ2
#SolsticeSaturday

Flashback to the first look of our new exhibition, 'From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson”.
Come immerse into this Drexciyan myth at our museum.
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Solstice Saturday kicks off with NMAFA's Sounds of Africa concert series celebrating 50 years of Hip-Hop!
Register here : t.ly/yDQ2
#SolsticeSaturday

Art-based therapy, emotional wellness, self-expression, and healing

RSVP: urlz.fr/miBO

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In the 19th century, very large flat masks opposed witchcraft that caused infertility. The colonial government banned them as belonging to a secret society and a threat to its authority. 🔎Face mask, mid-20th century, Nafana artist, Bondoukou region, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana

This gourd container has a hand-sewn bamboo extension on its mouth and lid allowing it to seal shut. It was used for selling tobacco in the market. 🔎Container with lid, late 20th century, Undetermined artist, Kaolack, Senegal #SmithsonianAfricanArt

The painting depicts the events of the morning of November 24, 1964 when Kinshasa was under the control of rebel forces that held hostages for 111 days. 🔎'Air Drop of Paratroopers on Stanleyville,' 1964-1979, Wande F., Democratic Republic of the Congo

The image of the bushcow is associated with Dahomey's King Ghezo (1828-1858). Families claiming descent from the king would use the bushcow image on ancestral altars. 🔎 Figure of a buffalo, late 19th century,Fon artist, Abomey, Benin #SmithsonianAfricanArt

Saturdays are for 😴 🔎 Helmet mask, Igbo artist, Nigeria #SmithsonianAfricanArt

We're almost halfway through the year! What art wins are you celebrating? #NMAFA #SmithsonianAfricanArt

Happy Africa Day everyone! Be like @emili_ig and visit our museum today. You can also visit any other day of the week! 📸 Keep sharing your best pictures of the museum using #NMAFA ! We will repost you❤️ Photo credit: @emili_ig

A true masterwork of abstract, geometric shapes, this stylized human form once guarded ancestral bones preserved in large baskets. 🔎 Reliquary guardian figure, late 19th-early 20th century, Gabon #SmithsonianAfricanArt

We're loving this painting by Edward Saidi Tingatinga. The patterns are influenced by the patterns of factory print cloth, and their cursive nature of decorative patterns may be traced to Swahili art and calligraphy. 🔎 Conger Birds, 1972, Edward Saidi Tingatinga, Tanzania

These dolls were given to young girls as toys. Adult women who wished to become pregnant or who wished to assure the birth of a healthy and beautiful child carried the figure in their wrapper. 🔎 Female figure, mid-20th century, Fante artist, Ghana #SmithsonianAfricanArt

This brightly colored, abstract painting illustrates Uche Okeke's mastery of modernist forms and techniques that he skillfully adapts to address local themes--in this case, masked spirit dancers that appear at funerals. 🔎 Ana Mmuo (Land of the Dead), 1961, Uche Okeke, Nigeria

Pendants, worn on the hips, display a variety of human and animal images. In Benin art, as well as in contemporary court ceremonies, an oba is frequently seen flanked and supported by two attendants. 🔎 Pendant, mid-16th to mid-17th century, Edo artist, Nigeria

Presenting EP2 of The making of From the Deep-In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson podcast series 🎙️Tune in for some behind the scenes fun Full episode 👉🏿 t.ly/Sbop #Podcast #NMAFA

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