FRIDAY, JULY 5TH, 2019
1PM – 3PM
AT EMERSON DORSCH GALLERY
5900 NW 2ND AVE.
Listen to Dr. Edmund Abaka, professor of African History and Pan Africanism at the University of Miami, interview Onajide Shabaka about his work and practice. They will discuss, among other topics, Onajide’s solo exhibition at Emerson Dorsch, Alosúgbe: a journey across time as it relates to ethnobotany, biology, and the African slave era.
In Alosúgbe: a journey across time, Onajide Shabaka’s debut exhibition at Emerson Dorsch, Shabaka explores biology and ethnobotany in the form of recent photography, works on paper and sculpture. These media serve as material for understanding the migrations of both humans and plants during the Atlantic colonial slave era to the present. This exhibition derives from several years of ongoing research finding connections between colonial sites in the Low Country (Georgia & South Carolina), the Caribbean archipelago and Suriname.
About Dr. Edmund Abaka, PhD
Dr. Edmund Abaka is a scholar and documentary-style photographer who has exhibited his work in libraries and galleries in Miami. Dr. Abaka earned his PhD in African History from York University, Ontario, Canada. A professor in the Department of History, University of Miami, Dr. Abaka teaches the general African history survey classes (History of Africa to 1800 and Africa Since 1800) and specialized courses such as Africa and Cuba,Southern Africa to Nelson Mandela and Pan-Africanism. Hi