The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD nonprofit organization ) is a museum (the only one of its kind in the nation) in San Francisco, California (opened in 2005), documenting the African diaspora.
The museum focuses on North America, the Caribbean, and South America, and traces the history of the African slave trade, African people's liberation movements in Africa and the New World, African music and its legacy in other musical forms, among other subjects. It is located inside St. Regis's new 42-story St. Regis Museum Tower, next to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The museum, and the building, opened in 2005. (Wikipedia)
This stunning graphic is made up of 2,000 photographs from the African Diaspora around the world. It is featured at the Museum of the African Diaspora and on its website.
"The goal of the museum is to connect people to the stories and experiences of the African diaspora, through exhibitions, presentations, workshops and other activities," said Patricia Johnson, the museum's executive director.
MoAD introduces visitors to the original African diaspora—the original movement of Homo Sapiens (from the earliest human remains found in Africa)—to eventually all inhabited regions. The museum asks visitors "when did you first realize you were African?" The museum espouses the scientifically accepted idea of panethnicity, wherein all humans have a common African origin.
MoAD is uniquely positioned as one of the only Museums in the world focused exclusively on African Diaspora culture and on presenting the rich cultural products of the people of Africa and of African descendant cultures across the globe.
The museum focuses on North America, the Caribbean, and South America, and traces the history of the African slave trade, African people's liberation movements in Africa and the New World, African music and its legacy in other musical forms, among other subjects. It is located inside St. Regis's new 42-story St. Regis Museum Tower, next to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The museum, and the building, opened in 2005. (Wikipedia)
This stunning graphic is made up of 2,000 photographs from the African Diaspora around the world. It is featured at the Museum of the African Diaspora and on its website.
"The goal of the museum is to connect people to the stories and experiences of the African diaspora, through exhibitions, presentations, workshops and other activities," said Patricia Johnson, the museum's executive director.
MoAD introduces visitors to the original African diaspora—the original movement of Homo Sapiens (from the earliest human remains found in Africa)—to eventually all inhabited regions. The museum asks visitors "when did you first realize you were African?" The museum espouses the scientifically accepted idea of panethnicity, wherein all humans have a common African origin.
MoAD is uniquely positioned as one of the only Museums in the world focused exclusively on African Diaspora culture and on presenting the rich cultural products of the people of Africa and of African descendant cultures across the globe.