The Seven Powers Come by the Sea October 14, 2007

The great-granddaughter of a Nigerian slave, Magdalena Campos-Pons grew up in Matanzas, Cuba, in the midst of sugar plantations and the remnants of her African heritage. She left Cuba in 1988 and has addressed the issues of the Diaspora and her personal experiences through multi-media art projects that often pay homage to her people and her mother and grandmother. Professor Carol Damian will discuss the newest work in this retrospective exhibition which takes its title from the Diaspora experience and significance of water to women and African ritual and the creation of a cultural dislocation in the Americas.