Tag: African

Scholars consider the history, power, and imagination of Caravans of Gold during exhibition opening [Video]

Bynublockmuseum July 22, 2019 0 Comments
On January 26, 2019 The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University celebrated the opening of the exhibition "Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time."Caravans of Gold is the first major exhibition addressing the scope of Saharan trade and the shared history of West Africa, the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe from the eighth to sixteenth centuries. Weaving stories about interconnected...

The Block Announces NEH Support for 2019 Exhibition on the Global History of Trans-Saharan Trade

Bynublockmuseum November 30, 2016 0 Comments
A major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has been awarded to the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University to fund research and development for a groundbreaking exhibit on the global history of trans-Saharan trade. Scheduled to open in 2019, “Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture and Trans-Saharan Exchange” challenges the widely held...