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A Congo Chronicle: Patrice Lumumba in Urban Art
August 28 th - September 16 th
Closing Reception, September 15 th 6-9 pm.
Performance with Lucky Diop and fellow drummers and dancers begins at 7 pm.
Closing reception co-sponsored by UWM Sociocultural Programming.

This exhibition features approximately eighty examples of Congolese urban art that portray the life and tragic death of Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the Congo after its independence from Belgium in 1960. A reflection of prevailing popular taste, these paintings demonstrate how memories of Lumumba were transformed into a powerful visual narrative of a cultural hero.

This exhibition is organized by the Museum for African Art, New York and guest curated by Bogumil Jewsiewicki of Laval University, Quebec . The traveling exhibition is made possible through a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Support for the creation of the exhibition was received from the LEF Foundation and the Lannan Foundation.

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