Lecture: Trade Networks and Empires: African Art's Many Golden Ages with Dr. Augustus Casely-Hayford
The Museum’s Caravans of Gold: Fragments in Time exhibition took visitors back to an era when western African gold and empires connected cultures, arts, and beliefs across continents.
Historian Dr. Augustus Casely-Hayford builds upon ideas presented in the exhibition in his 2019 Museum talk. Click the video below to discover the role art has played in carving out history and empires.