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1438000	AFRICAN WORLDS
Type	Exhibition - Galleries/Museums
Start Date	Thursday 1st January 2009
End Date	Wednesday 30th December 2009
Description	The first permanent exhibition in Britain dedicated to African art and culture, African Worlds celebrates the continent's diversity, history and creativity. It brings together a rich mixture of sculpture and decorative arts explained through the voices of elders, maskers, drummers, diviners, artists, exiles, curators and anthropologists. Objects from across Africa are displayed from Egypt to Zimbabwe, and from African related cultures including Brazil and Trinidad. Highlights include masterpieces of the bronze casters art from Benin which depict the arrival of the first Europeans to Africa, and the spectacular Igbo Ijele (see right), Africa's largest mask, and the only one of its kind on display in Britain. The Ijele sits alongside other impressive Dogon and Bwa masks from Mali and Burkina Faso which themselves tower up to five metres high. The gallery also features three religious altars from Benin, Haiti and Brazil which reveal an insight into non Western religious beliefs and draw parallels between African societies. One of the most popular displays is dedicated to Kemet (Ancient Egypt) and showcases Egyptian mummies and other artefacts collected by Frederick Horniman. Location: Ground floor
Location	Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post code	SE23 3PQ
Venue details	Horniman Museum and Gardens
Address	100 London Road London SE23 3PQ
Telephone No.	020 8699 1872
Opening times	Museum Open: Daily 10.30am - 5.30pm Closed: 24 - 26 December
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E-mail	enquiry@horniman.ac.uk
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