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Sankofa Exhibition Tours
Select Saturdays, 3 – 4 pm
Join a selection of curators, artists and community leaders for special public tours of Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots, with a focus on sharing perspectives about African and Black history, political affirmation and cultural identity.
Sankofa, which runs from November 4, 2021 to March 27, 2022, features works by both African and Black Canadian artists, in conversation with objects in MOA’s permanent collection. This reflective exhibition celebrates different ways of understanding the world through the lenses of African and Black communities, the wealth of their cultural and art practices, and their inspiring legacy.
These one-hour exhibition tours will give visitors the opportunity to engage with the themes and ideas of the exhibition through diverse perspectives.
Capacity of 15 people per tour; first come, first served.
Tour dates (3 – 4pm)
CANCELLED: Saturday, January 22
CANCELLED: Saturday, January 29 – with Njamba Koffi, author of Refuge-e: The Journey Much Desired; BA student, International Relations and Affairs, UBC
CANCELLED: Saturday, February 5 – with Olumoroti Soji-George, director of Black Arts Centre + MA visual arts studies and history, SFU
CANCELLED: Saturday February 19
Saturday February 26 – with Stephanie Allen, co-founder of Hogan’s Alley Society
Saturday, March 5 – with Anthonia Ogundele, UBC Board of Governors + founder of Hogan’s Alley Land Trust
Saturday, March 12 – with Nya Lewis, exhibition guest co-curator; founder + director of BlackArt Gastown
These tours will be led by a range of speakers, including:
- – Nuno Porto (MOA Curator, Africa + South America; exhibition co-curator)
- – Nya Lewis (exhibition guest co-curator; founder + director of BlackArt Gastown)
- – Titilope Salami (exhibition guest co-curator; artist; PhD candidate, UBC)
- – Damara Jacobs-Petersen (MOA Curator of Indigenous Programming)
- – Oluwasayo Olowo-Ake (curator of Oruko Mi Ni: Reinterpreting Ibeji; MA candidate, Art History, Visual Art + Theory, UBC)
- – Njamba Koffi (author of Refuge-e: The Journey Much Desired; BA student, International Relations and Affairs, UBC)
- – Stephanie Allen (co-founder of Hogan’s Alley Society)
- – Olumoroti Soji-George (director of Black Arts Centre + MA, visual arts studies and history, SFU)
- – And others
Community members or organizations who would like to participate as guest speakers of one of these exhibition tours with MOA Curator Nuno Porto are welcome to contact Nadin Hassan, MOA Public Programs Assistant at programs@moa.ubc.ca.
MOA • Free with museum admission Exhibition Tour