Sanaa Gateja Material: Bark cloth with handmade paper beads and acrylics Location: Strathmore Business School Sanaa Gateja was born in Kisoro, Uganda in 1950. He is a mixed-media artist and jewellery designer who is widely known for his signature incorporation of recycled man-made waste materials in his practice, particularly his pioneering fashioning of beads from discarded paper, which earned him …
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Sanaa Gateja Material: Bark cloth with handmade paper beads and acrylics Location: Strathmore Business School Sanaa Gateja was born in Kisoro, Uganda in 1950. He is a mixed-media artist and jewellery designer who is widely known for his signature incorporation of recycled man-made waste materials in his practice, particularly his pioneering fashioning of beads from discarded paper, which earned him …
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Sanaa Gateja Material: Acrylic on bark cloth Location: Strathmore Business School Sanaa Gateja was born in Kisoro Uganda in 1950 where he completed his early education: In 1970 he moved to Mombasa where he started Studio Sanaa, the first Art and Crafts Gallery in the old which expanded into Fort Jesus Museum in 1974. In 1976, Sanaa opened the first …
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Gifting Sanaa Gateja Material: Stiched barkcloth on canvas and acrylic paints. Location: Student Center Sanaa Gateja was born in Kisoro, Uganda in 1950. He is a mixed-media artist and jewellery designer who is widely known for his signature incorporation of recycled man-made waste materials in his practice, particularly his pioneering fashioning of beads from discarded paper, which earned him the …
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Lamba Mena Material: Woven fabric. Location: Student center Lamba Mena is the most sumptuous fabric of all Malagasy weaving. Soie Sauvage (Raw Silk) in glorious shades of emerald green, deep purple, scarlet, burnt orange, walnut and ash white is woven by women. This fabric was traditionally reserved for the “Famadihany” (Turning of the dead) ceremonies when ancestors are recovered in …
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Ase Oke Material: Woven fabric. Location: Student center. Ase Oke is one of the glorious prestige fabrics woven on narrow strips looms by Yoruba men in Nigeria. These fabrics lend prestige to the weaver and over as well as the wearer Ase Oke often features complicated lace like patterns which were incorporated into the weaves when imported lace was not …
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Bakuba Textiles Bakuba cloths is a generic name which commonly refers to many kind of tapestries woven and worn by both and in the old kingdom of Kuba, Democratic Republic of Congo. All of the cloths are woven of the raffia palm cloths are inlaid with beaten bark. Many are adorned with shells. Some designs resemble patchwork or applique. These …
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Bao Game Muzu Sulemanji Material: Acrylics on canvas Location: Sir Thomas Moore Building
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Chi Wara Material: Carved wooden antelope headdresses. Location: Sir Thomas Moore Building This one are probably the most famous and widely known of all traditional African sculptures. They are worn in ceremonies to celebrate planting, harvesting and agricultural contests. According to Bambara legend it was a supernatural being in the form an antelope that first taught humans to farm. Sometimes …
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Bedu Mask Material: Wood, pigment, iron nails Location: Sir Thomas More Building These immense, plank-like masks from Bondoukou Region of Ghana and Ivory Coast come in male and female pairs. Masks with a large disc represent females. They were danced almost nightly during the Nafana lunar month for the Festival Zourau at the close of the harvesting season, corresponding to …
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