The afro Brazil museum

Authors

  • Emanoel Araujo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9125.v15i1p125-129

Keywords:

memory, culture, museum, slavery, black people.

Abstract

Along more than 30 years of work turned to the recovery of black people memory in Brazil, the fine artist, museums curator and director Emanoel Araujo joined an extraordinary collection of more than 5.000 works, paintings, sculptures, engravings,  photographies, books, videos and documents, by Brazilian
and foreign artists and authors, related to the theme of black people. In 2004, the artist created the Museu Afro Brasil, sponsored by Petrobras and with partnerships with the São Paulo City and State General Offices of Culture and the Ministry of Culture. The Museum has already carried out more than 80 temporary exhibitions, educative activities and events that brought it the recognition as institution of great importance in the local and
national cultural scenery.

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Author Biography

  • Emanoel Araujo
    Diretor curador.

Published

2010-04-30

How to Cite

Araujo, E. (2010). The afro Brazil museum. Comunicação & Educação, 15(1), 125-129. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9125.v15i1p125-129