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Caribbean born Harlem, NY based WEUSI artist Ademola Olugebefola (video)

The Harlem-founded Weusi Artist Collective Weusi, a Swahili word meaning blackness, is a distinguished collective of artists established in 1965 against the backdrop of the Black Arts Movement who made African iconic imagery and symbols a central part of their work. Continue reading

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“Weusi into the 21st Century” in Harlem

On the heels of an extraordinary first year at the Dwyer Cultural Center, a state-of-the-art multimedia space dedicated exclusively to preserving, celebrating, and documenting Harlem’s history, traditions, and arts and cultural legacy—and the first of its kind, Community Works launches Part Two of its groundbreaking multi-media exhibition: Weusi into the 21st Century. Continue reading