Video: Dr. Afua Cooper
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Date 2023
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Black Life Impact Foundation
Credit / Object Number Excerpt from Black Life: Untold Stories - Episode 105: Creation
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- This is a video excerpt about a protest at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- The 1989 Into the Heart of Africa exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto angered many members of the Black community because it displayed racist images and words without including a Black perspective.
- Dr. Afua Cooper played a key role in drawing awareness to the racist tone of the exhibition by writing letters, creating petitions, and protesting outside the Museum.
- The ROM issued a formal apology in 2016 and pledged to work with Black experts on future exhibitions about Black life.
- Cooper was one of a group of people who eventually worked with the ROM to develop an exhibition called Of Africa: Histories, Collections, Reflections.
- This is a video excerpt about a protest at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- In 1989, an exhibition at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) titled Into the Heart of Africa angered many members of the Black community. In displaying images and words that showed the colonial, racist, and Eurocentric ideas of early collectors, and failing to tell stories from an African perspective, it reproduced those ideas.
- Dr. Afua Cooper played a key role in drawing awareness to the racist tone of the exhibition. She wrote letters, created petitions, protested with those who felt the same outside the Museum, and, in partnership with Ras Rico, formed a coalition that called out the Museum for not collaborating with African-Caribbean experts.
- It was not until 2016 that the ROM issued a formal apology.
- Cooper and Rico eventually worked with the ROM to develop Of Africa: Histories Collections, Reflections, a project designed to explore the African experience through many perspectives.
- This is a video excerpt about a protest at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- The 1989 exhibition at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) titled Into the Heart of Africa angered many members of the Black community for its portrayal of African societies. In displaying images and words that showed the colonial, racist, and Eurocentric ideas of early collectors (missionaries and soldiers) and failing to tell stories from a Black perspective, it reproduced those ideas.
- Dr. Afua Cooper was a Masters student in history at the time and played a key role in drawing awareness to the racist tone of the exhibition.
- She wrote letters, created petitions, protested with those who felt the same outside the Museum, and, in partnership with Ras Rico, formed the Coalition for the Truth about Africa. The group called out the Museum for not collaborating with African-Caribbean curators, historians, or experts in the field.
- The media depicted the protesters as brash and violent.
- Protesters had to wait until 2016 to receive a formal apology from the ROM, which pledged to work in partnership with Black experts on future exhibitions about Black life.
- Cooper and Rico eventually worked with the ROM to develop Of Africa: Histories Collections, Reflections, a project designed to explore the African experience through many perspectives.
- This is a video excerpt about a protest at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- The 1989 Into the Heart of Africa exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto angered many members of the Black community because it displayed racist images and words without including a Black perspective.
- Dr. Afua Cooper played a key role in drawing awareness to the racist tone of the exhibition by writing letters, creating petitions, and protesting outside the Museum.
- The ROM issued a formal apology in 2016 and pledged to work with Black experts on future exhibitions about Black life.
- Cooper was one of a group of people who eventually worked with the ROM to develop an exhibition called Of Africa: Histories, Collections, Reflections.
- This is a video excerpt about a protest at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- In 1989, an exhibition at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) titled Into the Heart of Africa angered many members of the Black community. In displaying images and words that showed the colonial, racist, and Eurocentric ideas of early collectors, and failing to tell stories from an African perspective, it reproduced those ideas.
- Dr. Afua Cooper played a key role in drawing awareness to the racist tone of the exhibition. She wrote letters, created petitions, protested with those who felt the same outside the Museum, and, in partnership with Ras Rico, formed a coalition that called out the Museum for not collaborating with African-Caribbean experts.
- It was not until 2016 that the ROM issued a formal apology.
- Cooper and Rico eventually worked with the ROM to develop Of Africa: Histories Collections, Reflections, a project designed to explore the African experience through many perspectives.
- This is a video excerpt about a protest at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- The 1989 exhibition at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) titled Into the Heart of Africa angered many members of the Black community for its portrayal of African societies. In displaying images and words that showed the colonial, racist, and Eurocentric ideas of early collectors (missionaries and soldiers) and failing to tell stories from a Black perspective, it reproduced those ideas.
- Dr. Afua Cooper was a Masters student in history at the time and played a key role in drawing awareness to the racist tone of the exhibition.
- She wrote letters, created petitions, protested with those who felt the same outside the Museum, and, in partnership with Ras Rico, formed the Coalition for the Truth about Africa. The group called out the Museum for not collaborating with African-Caribbean curators, historians, or experts in the field.
- The media depicted the protesters as brash and violent.
- Protesters had to wait until 2016 to receive a formal apology from the ROM, which pledged to work in partnership with Black experts on future exhibitions about Black life.
- Cooper and Rico eventually worked with the ROM to develop Of Africa: Histories Collections, Reflections, a project designed to explore the African experience through many perspectives.
Summary
- This is a video excerpt about a protest at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- The 1989 Into the Heart of Africa exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto angered many members of the Black community because it displayed racist images and words without including a Black perspective.
- Dr. Afua Cooper played a key role in drawing awareness to the racist tone of the exhibition by writing letters, creating petitions, and protesting outside the Museum.
- The ROM issued a formal apology in 2016 and pledged to work with Black experts on future exhibitions about Black life.
- Cooper was one of a group of people who eventually worked with the ROM to develop an exhibition called Of Africa: Histories, Collections, Reflections.
Essential
- This is a video excerpt about a protest at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- In 1989, an exhibition at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) titled Into the Heart of Africa angered many members of the Black community. In displaying images and words that showed the colonial, racist, and Eurocentric ideas of early collectors, and failing to tell stories from an African perspective, it reproduced those ideas.
- Dr. Afua Cooper played a key role in drawing awareness to the racist tone of the exhibition. She wrote letters, created petitions, protested with those who felt the same outside the Museum, and, in partnership with Ras Rico, formed a coalition that called out the Museum for not collaborating with African-Caribbean experts.
- It was not until 2016 that the ROM issued a formal apology.
- Cooper and Rico eventually worked with the ROM to develop Of Africa: Histories Collections, Reflections, a project designed to explore the African experience through many perspectives.
In-Depth
- This is a video excerpt about a protest at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- The 1989 exhibition at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) titled Into the Heart of Africa angered many members of the Black community for its portrayal of African societies. In displaying images and words that showed the colonial, racist, and Eurocentric ideas of early collectors (missionaries and soldiers) and failing to tell stories from a Black perspective, it reproduced those ideas.
- Dr. Afua Cooper was a Masters student in history at the time and played a key role in drawing awareness to the racist tone of the exhibition.
- She wrote letters, created petitions, protested with those who felt the same outside the Museum, and, in partnership with Ras Rico, formed the Coalition for the Truth about Africa. The group called out the Museum for not collaborating with African-Caribbean curators, historians, or experts in the field.
- The media depicted the protesters as brash and violent.
- Protesters had to wait until 2016 to receive a formal apology from the ROM, which pledged to work in partnership with Black experts on future exhibitions about Black life.
- Cooper and Rico eventually worked with the ROM to develop Of Africa: Histories Collections, Reflections, a project designed to explore the African experience through many perspectives.