Yoruba World

The exhibition, Yoruba World, looks at traditional sculpture and masquerade traditions of the Yoruba culture of Nigeria and it’s influence on the formation of Yoruba Atlantic religions and the visual iconography of the arts of the African Diaspora. The exhibition features selected works from the Amistad Center’s collection. As well as traditional Yoruba material culture and works by contemporary Diaspora artists that reflect on the diffusion and vitality of Yoruba culture. Programming will focus on explorations of Yoruba influence and identity in the Americas with a special focus on the Brazilian, Cuban, Haitian, Puerto Rican, and Jamaican descendant communities of the Greater Hartford region.