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#Harambee63 – Nyama, Beer, a Bar and War; the Art Installation Opens at Kuona Trust

During revolutions, in order not to arouse suspicion, Africans could only congregate in two places; bars and churches.
During revolutions, in order not to arouse suspicion, Africans could only congregate in two places; bars and churches.
A film about Pan Africanism plays at Kwa Njeri Bar and Butchery
A film about Pan Africanism plays at Kwa Njeri Bar and Butchery
The introduction to #Harambee63 on opening night.
The introduction to #Harambee63 on opening night.

#Harambee63 opened on Thursday 5th September 2013 at Kuona Trust, Nairobi – Kenya. The installation runs until the 20th of September 2013.

The bar, Kwa Njeri Bar and Butchery is the central location for the gumboots which represent 63 faces of Pan Africanism before 1963. A video installation screened behind the grills of the bar counter ties the philosophies behind Pan Africanism, violence in revolution and movements  like Negritude to the origin of decolonized Africa.

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Written by Wambui