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Article: The Unforgotten; Africa's Luba Art, Keeping the Past and Spirits Alive
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- The Washington Post
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- November 10, 1996
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History and memory are coded in our bodies.
When we walk, we carry on our two feet a chronicle that is as
molecular as DNA, and as visible to the naked eye as our body,
racial group, region or nation. And, in turn, we and our bodies
create new memories and histories each day.
These are some of the ideas that flow from "Memory: Luba Art
and the Making of History," a thoughtful exhibit of works from Zaire
at the National Museum of African Art. Organized by the Museum for
African Art in New York, the exhibit is the culmination of a decade
of research by guest curator Mary Nooter Roberts. Assembled are more
than 100 18th to 20th century objects, including sculpted wooden
figures, ...