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U.S. exhibit on ancient North African art ignores ancient blacks. (United States Information Agency exhibit)

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From: Jet
Date: 19940307
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An exhibition of early seventh century North African art and jewelry titled From Hannibal to Saint Augustine will cross America this year but millions of viewers will be unaware of a Black presence.

Sponsored by the United States Information Agency (USIA), the exhibition features 118 articles on the subject borrowed from the Musee du Louvre in Paris including marble sculpture, mosaics, jewelry and vases.

But nowhere in the program or promotion is there mention of Black African involvement. And Molefi Asante, director of Temple University's department of African American ...

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