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Museum of the African Diaspora MoAD
United States
Приєднався 16 чер 2015
MoAD, a contemporary art museum, celebrates Black cultures, ignites challenging conversations, and inspires learning through the global lens of the African Diaspora.
Our focus spans the African Diaspora across history, from the diaspora at the origin of human existence through the contemporary African Diaspora that has affected communities and cultures around the world.
With a robust schedule of exhibitions, education and public programs, MoAD generates and sustains a high level of public interest in and engagement among multigenerational and multicultural audiences both within and beyond the museum.
Our focus spans the African Diaspora across history, from the diaspora at the origin of human existence through the contemporary African Diaspora that has affected communities and cultures around the world.
With a robust schedule of exhibitions, education and public programs, MoAD generates and sustains a high level of public interest in and engagement among multigenerational and multicultural audiences both within and beyond the museum.
MoAD Chef-in-Residence Jocelyn Jackson presents The Contemporary African Kitchen Tastes Like Culture
A conversation moderated by Chef-in-Residence Jocelyn Jackson with chef authors Alexander Smalls and Nina Oduro about their recently published cookbook, The Contemporary African Kitchen, that takes the reader and home cook to every corner of the continent. The book contains flavors and stories from over 30 chefs that express the current movement that is African cooking, including Chef Pierre Thiam. Small bites inspired by the book will be served by Chef Sitalbanat Muktari of That Hausa Vegan.
Meet the culinarians who are setting the new African table. James Beard Award-winning author Alexander Smalls presents a vibrant library of home cooking recipes and texts contributed by 33 chefs, restaurateurs, caterers, cooks, and writers at the heart of Africa’s food movement.
Organized geographically into five regions, The Contemporary African Kitchen presents 120 warm and delicious dishes, each beautifully photographed and brought to life through historical notes, personal anecdotes, and serving suggestions.
Discover a bounty of diverse, delicious dishes ranging from beloved classics to newer creations, all rooted in a shared language of ingredients, spices, and cooking traditions. Learn to make Northern Africa’s famed couscous and grilled meats; Eastern Africa’s aromatic curries; Central Africa’s Peanut Sauce Stew and Cocoyam Dumplings; Southern Africa’s fresh seafood and street food; and Western Africa’s renowned Chicken Yassa.
Alexander Smalls (@asmalls777) is a James Beard Award winning chef, author, and restaurateur. He was the co-owner of Harlem restaurants The Cecil and Minton’s, and the founder of the African food hall Alkebulan in Dubai, which showcases the food and culture of Africa. He is also a world-renowned opera singer and the winner of both a Grammy and Tony Award. His previous publications include Meals, Music & Muses, Between Harlem & Heaven, and Grace the Table. He lives in New York City.
Nina Oduro (@ninaoduro) is an entrepreneur, writer, and inclusion strategist. As co-founder and CEO of Dine Diaspora, she connects people and brands to African diaspora food culture. Her accolades include recognition as a 2020 Change-maker in Washington, D.C.’s Food System by Washington City Paper, and an honoree in the Future of Ghana’s 30 under 30. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Pierre Thiam (@chefpierrethiam) is a celebrated chef, restaurateur, award-winning cookbook author, and entrepreneur. Born and raised in Senegal, heis known for his innovative cooking style, at once modern and eclectic yet rooted in the rich culinary traditions of West Africa. His critically acclaimedNew York restaurants Teranga, located in Harlem and in Midtown Manhattan, introduce healthy fast casual fare directly sourced from farmers in WestAfrica. He is the founder of Yolélé, which distributes African food products acrossthe USA, introducing such ingredients like Fonio, a resilient and nutritious ancient grain from the Sahel region of West Africa.
Jocelyn Jackson (@justuskitchen) is an award-winning chef, artist, teacher, and activist who was raised on the Kansas plains by a Tuskegee Airman and the first Black woman to run for mayor in Wichita. Jocelyn has been a professional cook for over 12 years. She spoke on the principles of community nourishment at Court Bouillon in Southern France, and was part of the team that presented the inaugural Diaspora Dinner at MoAD. She is the founder of JUSTUS Kitchen and the co-founder of People’s Kitchen Collective (PKC). Both organizations serve to center the lived experience and liberation of Black and brown peoples using food, art, and social justice as vehicles for change.
That Hausa Vegan is a brand that tells a reclaiming story of Sitalbanat Muktari as a Hausa woman exploring healthier relationships to food by way of unlearning and recreating classic cuisines in Northern Nigerian culture.
Sitalbanat Muktari (@thathausavegan) is a Nigerian American chef whose vision is to introduce Hausa food and culture to the world, and to embark on a healing journey through food and find resolution around living with chronic pain.
Growing up, Sital’s engagement in the kitchen started at the young age of five, helping her mother prepare fresh baby food for her siblings. As a young woman, some of her responsibilities included cooking meals for what quickly became a nuclear family of eight.
Sital is excited to bring Hausa food to the Diaspora, and is very grateful to Oakland Bloom for the opportunity to reimagine and showcase authentic Hausa food.
The Chef-in-Residence program is made possible by the generous support of Kaiser Permanente
Meet the culinarians who are setting the new African table. James Beard Award-winning author Alexander Smalls presents a vibrant library of home cooking recipes and texts contributed by 33 chefs, restaurateurs, caterers, cooks, and writers at the heart of Africa’s food movement.
Organized geographically into five regions, The Contemporary African Kitchen presents 120 warm and delicious dishes, each beautifully photographed and brought to life through historical notes, personal anecdotes, and serving suggestions.
Discover a bounty of diverse, delicious dishes ranging from beloved classics to newer creations, all rooted in a shared language of ingredients, spices, and cooking traditions. Learn to make Northern Africa’s famed couscous and grilled meats; Eastern Africa’s aromatic curries; Central Africa’s Peanut Sauce Stew and Cocoyam Dumplings; Southern Africa’s fresh seafood and street food; and Western Africa’s renowned Chicken Yassa.
Alexander Smalls (@asmalls777) is a James Beard Award winning chef, author, and restaurateur. He was the co-owner of Harlem restaurants The Cecil and Minton’s, and the founder of the African food hall Alkebulan in Dubai, which showcases the food and culture of Africa. He is also a world-renowned opera singer and the winner of both a Grammy and Tony Award. His previous publications include Meals, Music & Muses, Between Harlem & Heaven, and Grace the Table. He lives in New York City.
Nina Oduro (@ninaoduro) is an entrepreneur, writer, and inclusion strategist. As co-founder and CEO of Dine Diaspora, she connects people and brands to African diaspora food culture. Her accolades include recognition as a 2020 Change-maker in Washington, D.C.’s Food System by Washington City Paper, and an honoree in the Future of Ghana’s 30 under 30. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Pierre Thiam (@chefpierrethiam) is a celebrated chef, restaurateur, award-winning cookbook author, and entrepreneur. Born and raised in Senegal, heis known for his innovative cooking style, at once modern and eclectic yet rooted in the rich culinary traditions of West Africa. His critically acclaimedNew York restaurants Teranga, located in Harlem and in Midtown Manhattan, introduce healthy fast casual fare directly sourced from farmers in WestAfrica. He is the founder of Yolélé, which distributes African food products acrossthe USA, introducing such ingredients like Fonio, a resilient and nutritious ancient grain from the Sahel region of West Africa.
Jocelyn Jackson (@justuskitchen) is an award-winning chef, artist, teacher, and activist who was raised on the Kansas plains by a Tuskegee Airman and the first Black woman to run for mayor in Wichita. Jocelyn has been a professional cook for over 12 years. She spoke on the principles of community nourishment at Court Bouillon in Southern France, and was part of the team that presented the inaugural Diaspora Dinner at MoAD. She is the founder of JUSTUS Kitchen and the co-founder of People’s Kitchen Collective (PKC). Both organizations serve to center the lived experience and liberation of Black and brown peoples using food, art, and social justice as vehicles for change.
That Hausa Vegan is a brand that tells a reclaiming story of Sitalbanat Muktari as a Hausa woman exploring healthier relationships to food by way of unlearning and recreating classic cuisines in Northern Nigerian culture.
Sitalbanat Muktari (@thathausavegan) is a Nigerian American chef whose vision is to introduce Hausa food and culture to the world, and to embark on a healing journey through food and find resolution around living with chronic pain.
Growing up, Sital’s engagement in the kitchen started at the young age of five, helping her mother prepare fresh baby food for her siblings. As a young woman, some of her responsibilities included cooking meals for what quickly became a nuclear family of eight.
Sital is excited to bring Hausa food to the Diaspora, and is very grateful to Oakland Bloom for the opportunity to reimagine and showcase authentic Hausa food.
The Chef-in-Residence program is made possible by the generous support of Kaiser Permanente
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PBS American Masters Cicely Tyson brought me here to this MoAD feature
I flew across the country to go see this exhibit. It's one of the most incredible and beautiful things I have ever experienced. I am writing about it now for my book project. I am thankful for this channel! It was was such a treat to hear the thinking and inspiration and choices behind From the Deep in particular and this conversation opened up so much for me.
It's wonderful to hear Regina talk about the meaning, the materials, and the making of her work!
Why try to make an outdoor monument in wax. It is just wasting energy and community enthusiasm on something temporary. Just light the candle let it melt over a weekend and end the effort and exercise with dignity. Foolish to try to preserve this statue? Or raise the funds to cast it in bronze? But I expect it's just a vague representative, only worthy of a weekend of recognition and commitment. Good intentions melting foolish hearts.
wait stevie was faking being a wheelchair, lol
This talk is brilliant.
Thank you all for your extraordinary energy and efforts..
Demetriband Sharif thank you for so much for this rich conversation. I just came upon Sharif’swork for the first time the Alberta Brenda gallery in NYC. I found the work to be quite awesome, somewhat sacred and intimidating by its scale and life likeness. The work causes one to pause and reflect. This interview gave me tremendous insight into the artist’s psyche. The interactions of the two of you worked well in terms of delivering the goods. Thank you.❤
Does this dude have any concept of an "inside voice"? That woman has the patience of a saint with him screaming in her face for 2 hours.
This a racist exhibit. This isn't what an individual may think, it's Marxist bullshit for Africa. You have been reported.🧐
This was Fantastic. Bryan Keith Thomas is a LEGEND! Thank you MOAD for hosting him.
Saludos desde México bro y malcom
This is brilliant. I love her mind and am now a new fan of her work
It is amazing to see this! Keith and I went to school together. I found this after another childhood friend posted about Keith in his FB posts that highlights individuals in our home community for BHM. Wow, so awesome to see Keith's brilliance!
Are you going to open a 2nd museum on the East Coast?!?!?
I'm curious about the first poem and I have a question, how can I get in touch with him to ask it?
What is Western Aesthetics?
Loved this film & have it in my DVD collection..I knew than, that Barry Jenkins as a young director could go on to do some unique films in his life...
When will you bad gerls dog collerd up and chained to the glamer gerls dog collers with them ladies will it happen
I can’t believe Georgina parents kept the fact that her biological father was black. This emotionally had to take its toll on this young lady. I am so happy that she wrote a book which helped many people. Wonderful interview. 😊❤️
an echo of sons...
Wow! I guess the word wasn't out that this film was made! Smh. I've been a fan since the 70's. I appreciate her music and her style. 😢 Because Betty Davis was different and a woman! Way ahead of her time! Nobody in the industry understood the assignment! I bet if she was a white woman, she would've got the respect and a national stage to show us her pure funk! I got her and followed her until I couldn't find anything. I still funked out to her music and to this day I still do! I wished I could've been her friend. I would've talked her out of all of her mental breakdowns! I'm glad that me and others honored her and her music. Sleep in heavenly peace queen. I'm still rocking with you.
Would loved to have seen some input from The Founder of PROPA , Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts Melania Maldonado Diaz , an independent Scholar who has for over 20 years researched and made sure to bring to the forefront the many contributions that Women have made in Bomba from the very early days to the present . She has put together multiple Bomba Research Conferences .
I am so proud of my sister Tomiekia Johnson no one knows her like God does and even though we are in pain we know God is in full control if her life and this is only part of her healing before he brings her home. I love u sis
Marry by 26 for the health of your children ladies. Be fit. Be feminine. 99% of BW problems solved. 38% of Black pregnancies are terminated in America over half in NYC. 82% of BW are overweight mostly obese. Black babies in Houston are born with Syphilis. Please research THE NEGRO PROJECT to discover how they destroyed the BW. White woman Margaret Sanger is a hero to many and a devil to others.
Awesome! Thanks for posting! I saw Ms. Jackson's exhibit From the Deep at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC. It gave me chills--so.ppwerful! Every African everywhere around see this whennit comes to your town.
Modern medicine is a miracle, so inspiring to watch you stand
BLM is a marxist movement and a disgrace to all good people everywhere. no wonder San Francisco has turned to shit.
*Promo SM* 😬
I’ve seen him in San Francisco. He’s a magician!
Inclusive expressive mentally interactive Art Form
❤been awhile since I've participated. I enjoyed this session tremendously. Thanks 👍🙏.
Wow! I love to share with Mr Moore, amazing work.
I am here after watching Boni on Obinna TV on 17/08/2023. thumbs up.🔥🔥
Great conversation!
Beautiful
I'm sitting here Turk and Hyde. Helping the kids with the Make Art Kits. PRIDEful Juneteenth, Crochet Jam. The city is going through a Healing Crisis. I hope we can find a solution. I love this City. I want to see it thrive flourish. The children need this. I appreciate you. 🙏
Amazing❤❤❤❤❤
...thanks much.
Such a talented woman
Antwaun Sargent is like a defibrillator in the Art World. He's kicking in doors and gracefully applying pressure inside the exclusionary institutional space, providing much needed exposure.
Promo-SM 💪
better late than never, I just got to reading the book and i am writing my honors paper on it but focusing on the African Science Fiction genre. this was helpful because it is nothing like I've read before, I am mind blown. I am also sad I could not be with you in real time
enjoyed and appreciate the knowledge
the audio being out of sync makes this lecture incredibly hard to follow.
A lot of it got to do with his character Being that way. From maclm in the middle.