Africa-Press – Angola. An exhibition with more than ten works by two Angolan women and two Afro-Americans is on display, since Thursday, in the country’s capital in reference to the International Day in Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, marked on 25th March.
Until the 15th of May, the exhibition at the ResiliArt Gallery comprises drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures, handicrafts and ceramics by Débora Sandjai and Oksanna Dias (Angola) and Andre Brady and Daniele Scolt (United States of America) .
The visual art exhibition with an international dimension honors queens and warriors who fought against the enslavement of Africans and other peoples of the world, explained the artists.
They gave as an example the exposed images of Queen Ginga Mbandi (Angola), Nani Marcon (Jamaica), Harriet Tubman (USA) and the warrior Nandi, mother of Shaka Zulu (South Africa), among others.
The event also honors other women, still alive, with emphasis on Maria de Fátima Viegas, Emília Almeida, Dalva Ringote and Shella Jackson Lee.
According to the person responsible for the event, Marcos Agostinho, the objective is to salute the international event and celebrate the 4th of April, Day of Peace.
The works on display, he said, are the result of research work and mostly made with recycled material.
ResiliArt is a joint project between the Angolan Executive, the United Nations and the American Schools of Angola (ASA).
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