Date: 08/10/2014 - 04/11/2014
Time: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Venue: IGNCA Matighar, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi
IGNCA is hosting an exhibition ‘Africans in India: A Rediscovery’. This exhibition of photographs retracing the life and achievements of prominent Afro-Indians comes from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York and includes photographic reproductions of paintings from private collections and museums as well as contemporary photographs. This is the first time these photographs are being shown in India. The exhibition will be inaugurated at 5.30pm on 8th October, 2014 at IGNCA Amphitheatre. The inauguration will be followed by a performance by Siddi Goma Troupe, the Black Sufis of Gujarat at IGNCA Auditorium.
9th October, 2014 Curatorial Talk by Sylvianne A. Dioufe
Venue : IGNCA Matighar, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi Time : 5.00pm
15th October, 2014 Conference on “ Africans in India : A Rediscovery”
IGNCA Conference Room, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi Time: 10.00 a.m. onwards
The exhibition will be open from 9th October to 4th November, 2014 at Matighar, C.V. Mess, Janpath from 10.00am – 6.00pm (Monday closed).
News Update
- ANI news: Rediscovering Africans in India
- The Hindu: Tracing the African legacy in India
- Times of India: When black was no bar: How Africans shaped India’s history
- Business Standard: Spotlight on Africans in India, a journey through history
- Indian Express: Tracing Africa’s association with India, back to the 1300s
- Hindu Business Line: A passage to India
- Big news network: Attacks on Africans painful in multi-ethnic India
- Shades of Africa in India’s social fabric