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Triennial Conference 2021 Museum Day

The Future of African Museums

Museum Day’s Opening Lecture

by Nana Oforiatta Ayim, ANO Institute of Arts and Knowledge, Accra

16 June 2021, 9 to 10am (Pacific Time Zone / PST)

Acclaimed Ghanaian writer, filmmaker, and art historian Nana Oforiatta Ayim is the founder of the ANO Institute of Arts and Knowledge through which she initiated the pioneering Pan-African Cultural Encyclopaedia and Mobile Museum projects. In addition to many other groundbreaking exhibitions, she was the curator of the first Ghana Pavilion at the 58th Venice Art Biennale in 2019.

Nana Oforiatta Ayim

Nana Oforiatta Ayim

Museum Day Roundtable

Africa-Based Agendas for Museums and Material Heritage

June 16, 2021, 10.15am to 12.15pm (PST)

Chair: Kathleen Bickford Berzock, The Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

  • Keller, Candace,  Archive of Malian Photography
  • Sakaly, Youssouf, Archive of Malian Photography
  • Abiti, Adebo Nelson, Uganda National Museum
  • Ndiaye, El Hadji Malick, Musée Théodore Monod d’Art Africain,IFAN Cheikh Anta Diop and Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal
  • Tijani, Abba, Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria
  • Tayiana, Chao, African Digital Heritage, Kenya

Among Africa-based museum and material heritage specialists, issues including funding, infrastructure, preservation, relevance, and training are of pressing concern. Forging sustained connections with international peer groups and networks is also of importance. This panel looks beyond debates about restitution that currently dominate African heritage dialogues in Europe and North America to address a wider slate of priorities for Africa’s museum and material heritage sectors. The roundtable will focus on initiatives and international partnerships that are led by Africa-based institutions and specialists. Presentations will highlight a range of issues, followed by moderated discussion and questions from the audience.

About ACASA

ACASA, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, promotes greater understanding of African material and expressive culture in all its many forms, and encourages contact and collaboration with African and Diaspora artists and scholars.

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Here you can find the obituaries for colleagues who unfortunately left us much too early.

 

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