Afros: A Celebration of Natural Hair: Exhibits & Events

In this guide, you will find information about the 2015 African Presence exhibit:
Afros - A Celebration of Natural Hair at the Alvin Sherman Library.  

This guide also contains an introduction to the library's collection of works related to African American culture, literature, and history.

For more information, call the Reference Desk: 954.262.4613

The collection comes to NSU from the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

Over five years, photographer Michael July approached a variety of individuals and asked them to participate as subject models for a volume he was creating to chronicle the evolution of the Afro in America. He captured the best Afros as worn by people of virtually every shade, ethnicity, country and age group. Exhibition will feature photographs of black hair as well as a collection of traditional and African American picks, hot combs and other accessories.

The Afros exhibition will be displayed in NSU’s 2nd Floor Cotilla Gallery inside of the Alvin Sherman Library.

The Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Fort Wayne, Indiana

NSU Office of Advancement and Community Relations
Nova Southeastern University

FLASC: Florida Africana Studies Consortium

NSU African Presense Exhibit Committee

Nova Southeastern University presents the exhibition “Afros - A Celebration of Natural Hair" from February 5, 2015 through March 13, 2015.  This exhibition highlights the best Afros as worn by people of virtually every shade, ethnicity, country and age group. It will feature photographs of black hair as well as a collection of traditional and African American picks, hot combs and other accessories.

"Afros - A Celebration of Natural Hair" is a collection owned by the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

You may want to consider one or all of the following:

February 5 - March 13, 2015
The12th Annual African Presence Art Exhibition: Afros - A Celebration of Natural Hair, 2nd floor - Cotilla Gallery

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