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OAS Hall Of Culture Renamed After Jamaican Hero

The Hall of Culture at the Organization of American States has been renamed after a Jamaican national hero. The OAS recently renamed the hall after the late Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
The Marcus Garvey Hall of Culture, located on the first floor of the historic main building of the OAS headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C., will remain a venue for major cultural events, officials said.
Secretary General of the OAS, Miguel Insulza, said it was appropriate that Garvey be recognised by the organization, because he was active throughout the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America.
`This great Jamaican travelled throughout Central and South America, where he observed the difficult conditions under which his people lived and worked.
He was not only perceived to be a trouble-maker, he was a trouble maker demanding an improvement in living conditions and human rights for citizens all over the Americas,` Insulza said.
Insulza also challenged the audience to use Garvey`s bust, donated to the OAS by the Jamaican Government in the early 1980s and displayed in the Hall of Heroes (upstairs the Hall of Culture), as well as the renamed Hall of Culture, as symbols of equality and justice in the Americas.
Responding to the tributes, Garvey`s son, Dr. Julius Garvey, recalled his father as a 20th century leader, who dedicated his life to educating and uniting African people across the globe.
`As we advance into the 21st century, we must work together and develop and grow as one united people,` he recommended.
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Weaving African traditions at the Fowler
Weaving a link between American history and the African folk art of basket making is the focus of a trio of exhibits at UCLA’s Fowler Museum.
The largest of the three, “Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art,” a traveling exhibition organized by the Museum for African Art in New York, explores the significant contributions of African culture to American art.
It features more than 200 objects from Africa and South Carolina, including sculptures, paintings, historical photos and, most notably, a multitude of baskets, a once essential farm tool that played a vital role in the rice culture of early America.
“Rice was the first major global export crop in the colonies, and American planters, including Thomas Jefferson, learned that inhabitants from the west coast of Africa possessed the knowledge and methods of planting rice in tidal marshes similar to the environment of the South’s low country, which stretched from the swamplands of South Carolina to Florida,” said Enid Schildkrout, chief curator at the Museum for African Art and co-curator of the exhibit. “They knew how to create dikes, drain the swamps and maintain the conditions necessary for rice farming.”
They also brought with them the skill of basket weaving.
Two kinds of baskets were needed on rice plantations: a head-carrying basket for storage and a winnowing basket, a flat coiled tray that separated the rice from the chaff. Most were made from local sweet grass.
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The art of basket making was introduced to the Lowcountry in the 17th Century by Africans taken from the present day Mano River Region, Senegambia and Angola- Congolese regions of West Africa
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Poet Sarah Jones explores need for cultural arts, diversity through characters
arah Jones’ “revolution” wasn’t televised. But her live, one-woman show Saturday at the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts may start one.
The Tony Award-winning playwright and performer delivered powerful, humorous, and often poignant messages about the need for freedom of expression in the arts and the importance of appreciating both the differences and similarities that exist among people throughout the world.
“The more we share our experiences and knowledge with each other the more we become you and me.” said Jones, making reference to the theme of the event — “You & Me.”
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