Dr. Kwame Aniapam Boafo President of Kwakwaduam Association Inc and Mr. G. Ofori Anor of the Okuapeman Fekuw performed a rendition of African Libation to open a program held on February 6 at the Cultural Center of the Rockland Community College in New York. The program was part of an Exhibition mounted by the Smithsonian Institute. Program hostess Ms Wylene Wood described their performance as “impressive and adding a special richness to the program.”
Titled “Indivisible”, the Exhibition traces historical interactions between the African American and the Native American. Main highlights of the program included opening remarks by Dr. Cliff L. Wood President, Rockland Community College, a DVD presentation of the interactions, and a discussion by Exhibit Curator Gabi Tayac of the Smithsonian NMAI. Other highlights were a Senegalese African Dance Performance by ChikuAwali, and Native American Dance Performances by Richard Medicine Bear, Linda Walks Far, the Powell Family and Red Storm Drum
The program offered a rare insight into the definition of race and how different groups particularly the African American and Native American combo have dealt with this from European colonization through the era of African/Native American enslavement to contemporary times.
