KENYA: Local documents concerning national cultural policy and national exhibitions
Two brochures for exhibitions 1981; 2003; papers, mimeographed, printed: - 1970 (?1976) exhibition: 'History of Kenya 1952-58' “Their struggle for existence on the Yatta compares with the Kenyan artist to speak his culture and liberate himself from the foreign dominated art market”. Project with U N...
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MS 381135, Box 3 |
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1970-2003 |
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File |
| Format: | Archive |
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MS 381135, Box 3 |
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| Summary: |
Two brochures for exhibitions 1981; 2003; papers, mimeographed, printed: - 1970 (?1976) exhibition: 'History of Kenya 1952-58' “Their struggle for existence on the Yatta compares with the Kenyan artist to speak his culture and liberate himself from the foreign dominated art market”. Project with U Nbi - Institute of African Studies; artists: Mule wa Musembi, Mutunga wa Musembi, Kitonya wa Kyongo, Kitake wa Mutua; lists 34 carvings “The struggle is communicated in the carvings as a relationship between figures represented: the homeguards and the fighters, the fighters and the peasants, the family and the enemy….”; ochre also discussed (re date, photos, etc. suggest check with IAfS records, NMK) - 5.06.82: Department of Culture 'Confidential: Areas of Concern'; - ?1987: Department of Culture 'Proposed Cultural Centre Brief'; - 1996, Sarakasi Trust Proposal for a Festival; - 1998: Elijah Ogira : artist's Sproject proposal - 2003 Kenya Cultural Centre. English, one with German translation. |
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8 items |
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Open |
| Language: | English German |
| Format: | Archive |