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March Issue 2006
University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, Offers Photography Exhibit on Somali Bantu Families
Somali Lenses, an exhibit of photographs by Somali Bantu that chronicle their relocation to Columbia, will be on display at the University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum in Columbia, SC, through Apr. 1, 2006.
Guest curator Bridget McDonnell started the project in Aug. 2005 by providing Somali Bantu families with disposable cameras. Displayed in six groupings, their photographs highlight themes of daily life from their perspective. The images illustrate roles of family, friends, sponsors and others in everyday relationships in their community. The six families who participated chose their own images and provided their own narrative.
The exhibit is sponsored by USC, Allen University and the South Carolina Humanities Council, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more info check
our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at 803/777-7251
or at (www.cla.sc.edu/MCKS/).
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