His Imperial Majesty, the Alaafin, Paramount Ruler of Oyo Kingdom and the Titan of Yorubaland, Oba Engineer Abimbola Akeem Owoade 1, today visited the Afro- Brazilian museum.
Oba Owoade, accompanied by his Queen Consort, Ayaba Abiwunmi , and the entourage were taken round the artefacts and other artistic works in the museum.
The Afro Brazil Museum (Museu Afro Brasil) in São Paulo is the largest museum of the African Diaspora in Latin America.
It houses over 6,000 works of art, artifacts, and antiques spanning five centuries of history to chronicle the profound cultural and historical contributions of Black people in Brazil.Located inside the Manuel da Nóbrega Pavilion at Ibirapuera Park.
The institution was founded in 2004 by the renowned artist, curator, and director Emanuel Araújo. It centers the Black experience in Brazilian history and culture, elevating self-esteem, dignity, and pride.
The museum’s massive permanent collection includes:Paintings, sculptures, and photography: Works portraying Black historical figures, daily life, and the African diaspora.Ethnographic artifacts: Documents, slavery-era plantation equipment, and traditional religious items.Arts and crafts.
Packed with more than 3,000 artifacts from Brazil’s five-century history, the Museu Afro Brasil relates how Brazil’s history is inextricably tied to the experience of African slaves and their descendants through culture and traditions that have come to define the country.
The museum consist of so many statues, photographs, illustrations, masks, dolls, clothes, documents, paintings, furniture, pieces of plantation equipment, installations and mementos, it’s almost impossible to take in the whole place in one go.
The printed information is almost exclusively in Portuguese, but the museum provides English-speaking guides, and the back stories behind every single object are at once harrowing and hopeful.
It hands down, one of the best museums in Latin America.
