Project Africanisms

Project Africanisms exemplifies a global shift in museum culture

By: Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor When you think of Greek society, what comes to mind? Blackness may not be not part of the picture. That is what Project Africanisms hopes to change. Organized by the Benaki Museum in Athens, this project aims to amplify AfroGreek voices through close collaboration with AfroGreek community members. A virtual launch event, hosted by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies (SNF Centre) at SFU, showcased the project’s work to date and outlined what’s to come. First to present was Dr. Sophia Handaka, the Benaki Museum’s curator of world cultures. Handaka explained…

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