{"id":32197,"date":"2023-03-23T19:48:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T19:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=32197"},"modified":"2023-03-24T11:59:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T11:59:50","slug":"port-of-harlem-exhibit-breaks-colonial-mode-makes-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/port-of-harlem-exhibit-breaks-colonial-mode-makes-history","title":{"rendered":"Port of Harlem exhibit breaks colonial mode, makes history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>During the Sunday, 5 May opening ceremony for the \u201cFrom These Shores\u201d exhibit at the Juffureh Slavery Museum, Hassoum Ceesay, DG National Centre for Arts and Culture, said the exhibit raises the museum\u2019s standard to a new level, adding that the historic markers the exhibit crosses include Africanisation, appearance, and internet presence.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to calling the exhibit in the colonial language, English, the display is also titled in six local languages, Mandinka, Serer, Wollof Jola, Aku, and Fula. It is also titled in French, the colonial language of neighboring sister-nation Senegal. For the first time, the museum\u2019s exhibit has been decolonised,\u201d declared Ceesay.<\/p>\n<p>He says the more inclusive title will improve access to the exhibit since less than 40 percent of Gambians can communicate in English.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom These Shores, or \u201cKabo Nying Fankas,\u201d in Mandinka, also includes a panel on the N\u2019ko script, the first of such panel in the Juffureh, North Bank, The Gambia institution. N\u2019ko is used to write in the Manding languages of which Mandinka is one and is most dominate language in the West African nation.<\/p>\n<p>The images in the display include photographs and paintings created just for \u201cFi Lan Jogei\u201d (Wollof) from black and white photos to colorful acrylics and air brush portraits. The images also reflect the diversity of the various artists.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-panel artistic \u201cKapanakeh Flaf\u201d (Jola) celebrates the accomplishments of 18 known and lesser-known Africans in the diaspora across time and geography on lightweight, colorful, sintra board. Ceesay added that the technique used to create the display \u201craises the standards via text, photo production, display method, color scheme, and aesthetics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNomobo Mak,\u201d (Serer) in also making history by being digitally accessible. The exhibit along with \u201cWest Africans in Early America,\u201d also created by The Port of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership (POHGEP), are online at https:\/\/pohgep.net\/culture. Panels in the physical exhibits include QR codes, which cellphone users can use to quickly access and share both displays online. \u201cThis means a lot because it takes our exhibition into the digital age and that\u2019s exactly where we ought to be and sets the standard for future exhibitions,\u201d added Ceesay.<\/p>\n<p>POHGEP created and donated the exhibit with funds bequeathed by POHGEP board member Kevin Turner, Esquire. POHGEP also provided locally printed T-shirts with the exhibit logo to local teachers and staff, and booklets and pencils for local students. Ironically, many of the museum\u2019s Gambian visitors come from distant villages. The t-shirts, says site supervisor Patrick Gomez, \u201cwill help motivate many from around here to visit the museum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternational tourism is a major source of revenue for The Gambia and the museum and we are ecstatic to lend another hand to Ceesay by creating another educational and cultural enhancement to the Juffureh Museum,\u201d says POHGEP president Wayne Young. Young is also publisher of Port of Harlem magazine, an inclusive, diverse, panAfrican publication, which is POHGEP\u2019s chief business sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWerin Di Cam,\u201d (Aku) and \u201cWest Africans in Early America,\u201d are part of the museum\u2019s permanent collection. Timbooktoo bookshop in New Bakau, Kanifing Municipal Council, The Gambia as well Mansa Kunda Restaurant in Takoma Park, Maryland USA also display one of the twelve panels from \u201cEwri Ga Sengo\u201d (Fula).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. During the Sunday, 5 May opening ceremony for the \u201cFrom These Shores\u201d exhibit at the Juffureh Slavery Museum, Hassoum Ceesay, DG National Centre for Arts and Culture, said the exhibit raises the museum\u2019s standard to a new level, adding that the historic markers the exhibit crosses include Africanisation, appearance, and internet presence. 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